LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. 65 



(as upon a foot of duty), to the utmost extremity. 

 But it is to be remembered, that although no 

 man had a more unshaken loyalty than Dr. 

 Sharp, or could be more firmly attached to the 

 service and interest of his prince than he was ; 

 yet he never taught or held any principles of 

 submission, but what were agreeable to the 

 constitution. For he always laid down the 

 laws of the land as the rule and measure of obe- 

 dience. And therefore his general expressions 

 should be understood with such limitations as 

 the principles he professed, and to which he 

 ever inviolably adhered, will admit of, or rather 

 will confine them to. 



Soon after the King's accession, he preached 

 his Lent Course at Whitehall, viz. March 20, 

 upon Luke xvi. 31. Concerning the evidences 

 we have at this time of the truth of the Christian 

 religion. This sermon was printed at the parti- 

 cular request of the Bishops who were then 

 present. And (if he, who had a mean opinion 

 of all his own performances, may be allowed to 

 make a good judgment of any of them,) he so 

 far himself approved of this discourse, as to 

 think it the least exceptionable in his whole 

 collection. 



At the coronation, in the month following:, he 

 was one that walked among the chaplains and 

 dignitaries that attended the solemnity. He 



