Sentence:  And notwithſtanding all the clamours of their inſulting brethren, they were ſatisfied that thoſe who were moſt forward for this declaration [that it was unlawful to take arms against the king], and moſt fierce in condemning thoſe who <WSD>ſcrupled</WSD> it, would not keep to it, if at any time they found things were come to extremity, as the event verified. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To regard with suspicion; to question.