This would permit a Test Act, but did not require one.
This act was followed by the Test Act of 1673 (25 Car.
This made the brothers able to enter on public careers without impediment from the Test Act.
He was listed as hostile to the repeal of the Test Act in 1791.
Most colonies had a Test Act, and several states retained them for a short time.
This did not last long, as the indulgence was quashed in the following year, replaced by the Test Act.
It was nominally about the Test Act, but actually on the entire question of tests and disabilities.
The Test Act remained in force until the nineteenth century.
He promoted the passing of the Test Act in March.
In 1736, he seconded an opposition motion for the repeal of the Test Act.