Bryce's
"American Commonwealth."

Finally, the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, by restricting
the royal succession to Protestants, made it henceforth
unconstitutional for the Crown to permit or invite the Papal Power to
take any recognized part in the government of England. The enactment
of these two measures, therefore, effectually put an end to that great
conflict between England and Rome which had been going on, in some
form, for more than six hundred years (S349, note 2).

To-day entire harmony exists. Catholics and Protestants "work
together for good" in Parliament, in the Cabinet, in the Courts of
Justice, in the Universities, in the Army and Navy, in the service of
the Press, and in private life.[1]

[1] The names of many eminent Catholics might be cited, such as
Professor Lingard, the historian (1851), the late Lord Chief Justice
Russell, the late Lord Acton, Professor of History at Cambridge, and
the late Sir Francis Burnand, editor of _Punch._

498. Further Benefits of the Revolution.

Foremost in the list of other benefits which England gained by the
Revolution of 1688 should be placed: 1. The Toleration Act already
mentioned (S496), which gave a very large number of people the right
of worshiping God according to the dictates of conscience, and which
was the stepping-stone to later measures that completed the good work
of extending religious liberty in England (SS573, 599).
2. Parliament now established the salutory rule that no money should
be voted to the King except for specific purposes, and it also limited
the royal revenue to a few years' supply instead of granting it for
life, as had been done in the case of Charles II and James. Later the
supply was limited to an annual grant. As the Mutiny Act (S496) made
the army dependent for its existence on the annual meeting and action
of the House of Commons, these two measures practically gave the
people full control of the two great powers,--the purse and the
sword,--which they have ever since retained.
3. Parliament next enacted that judges should hold office not as
heretofore, at his Majesty's pleasure, but during good behavior (or
until the death of the reigning sovereign vacated their commissions).
This took away that dangerous authority of the King over the courts of
justice, which had caused so much oppression and cruelty.
4. But, as Macaulay remarks, of all the reforms produced by the
change of government, perhaps none prove