Gilbert Burnet - Glorious Revolution

Glorious Revolution

William landed at Torbay on 5 November. When Burnet came ashore he hastened to William and eagerly inquired of what William now intended to do. William regarded the interference in military matters by non-military personnel with disgust but he was in good humour at this moment and responded with a delicate reproof: "Well, Doctor, what do you think of predestination now?"

Burnet was appointed to preach the coronation sermon on 11 April 1689.

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