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LIFE OF TOLAND. 29and another, for the better security of his majesty'sperson, and tJie protestant succession, &c. andenjoining an oath of abjuration of the Pretender.Thus, instead of an enemy to religion, or civil liberty,we find him strenuously recommending the mostefficacious measures for the preservation of both.Some difference having arisen betw^een the lowerand upper house of convocation, on a point of jurisdiction,respecting their proceedings againstChristianity 7iot Mysterious, the year before, a paperwar commenced between them, and severalpamphlets appeared on both sides.Those writtenby the partizans of the upper house, were favourableto Mr. Toland ;but, those written in favourof the lower house, there verse.He, therefore,seized this opportunity of publishing his VindiciusLiberius; being a vindication of hisChristianitynot Mysterious;—^ full and clear accountof his religious and civil principles;and, a justificationof those called Whigs and Common-ivealthmen, against the mis-representations of all theiropposers.After the publication of this book, Mr. Tolandwent to tlie courts of Hanover and Berlin, wherehe was very graciously received by the PrincessSophia, and the queen of Prussia. He was oftenadmitted totheir conversation; and wrote somepieces, which he presented to her majesty.Therehe wrote, also, 9.11 ^iccovmt of the courts of Prussiaand Hauovcr,