PREFACE. VII 



or represented in all the parts of his life. This, 

 was the thing that was principally aimed at;: 

 and this end, it is hoj^ed, is in good measure 

 attained. 



As the diaty is the foundation and chief sup^' 

 port of the whole undertaking, it seems neces" 

 sary to give the reader a particular account of 

 it, and to acquaint him how far it is, and how 

 fcir it is not made use of. 



Hi was begun by the Archbishop in 169Iv 

 soon after his consecration. He first drew up 

 a short account of the most material things^" 

 which had ever happened to him, till that time, 

 which was either done upon memory, ox was a 

 collection and transcript of several memoran- ■ 

 diims, occasionally taken by himself in the 

 course of his life. And it is from hence that 

 the most considerable things in i\\e first part of 

 the following work are taken. 



This summary account of himself, till he 

 became Archbishop, was from thenceforward 

 carried on with some exactness and particu- 

 larity, by additions made to it iveeklij, of such- 

 things as he thought proper to keep notes of. 



