<P> In 1687, in light of James' policy of wanting to receive William and Mary's support for the repeal of the Test Act, Burnet wrote a pamphlet against repeal . William and Mary declined to support repeal, apparently on Burnet's advice . Burnet also upset James by becoming engaged to the wealthy heiress Mary (Maria) Scott (his first wife Lady Margaret had died in 1685). James prosecuted Burnet for high treason in Scotland, accusing him of corresponding with Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll and others convicted of high treason . To safeguard Burnet, the States General of the Netherlands naturalised him without opposition, and James's request for Burnet's extradition was declined . Burnet and Mary Scott were married and the marriage proved to be a happy one . Burnet, who had long been resigned to being childless (as his first wife Lady Margaret Kennedy had been nearly twenty years his senior), quickly found himself the father of an increasing family . </P> <P> Burnet was not privy to William's decision - making process because he was apparently unable to keep a secret (he was not informed of William's planned invasion of England until July 1688). However his help was needed to translate William's Declaration which was to be distributed in England after his landing . When William's fleet set sail for England in October 1688, Burnet was made William's chaplain . </P> <P> William landed at Torbay on 5 November . When Burnet came ashore he hastened to William and eagerly inquired of him 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?" </P> <P> Burnet was appointed to preach the coronation sermon, on 11 April 1689 . </P>

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