When the Declaration of Indulgence came out he returned to Exeter, but in feeble health.

After the Restoration, he was consulted on the Declaration of Indulgence.

This led to Charles issuing his first Declaration of Indulgence on 26 December 1662.

Furthermore, the Commons attacked the Declaration of Indulgence and demanded its withdrawal.

Charles ultimately withdrew the address and cancelled the Declaration of Indulgence.

His house was later licensed for Presbyterian worship under the Declaration of Indulgence.

He defended the Declaration of Indulgence the same year, and made himself useful in supporting the court policy.

He was released at the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672, returned to his preaching, and was again imprisoned.

When the Declaration of Indulgence was published in 1687 he successfully influenced the London clergy against reading it.

The Declaration of Indulgence had originally been given out on 4 April 1687.