92 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP, 



seems a piece of justice due to both their me- 

 mories, not to omit an opportunity, fairly given, 

 of setting forth so remarkable a character of their 

 private lives, and therefore this digression needs 

 no excuse. 



Not long after Dr. Claggett's death, the tov^^n 

 was alarmed and filled vs^ith variety of senti- 

 ments concerning the birth of a Prince of Wales. 

 Sunday, June 17, vv^as appointed the Thanks- 

 giving Day for her Majesty's happy delivery. 

 On w^hich day Dr. Sharp and Dr. Wake changed 

 pulpits, and the former preached (upon, How 

 shall we escape, if we 7ieglect so gt^'eat Salvation,) 

 a plain, practical sermon, and said not one 

 word about any matter that his text had no 

 relation to. 



On the Friday following, he went down to 

 Norwich, where the church required his atten- 

 dance : and there spent his time chiefly in ex- 

 amining into the state of his own soul, and 

 improving himself in all Christian virtues and 

 graces. Now it was that he entered upon a 

 more strict and excellent way of living than he 

 had heretofore attained to, and which it was 

 ever after the main business of his life to labour 

 in, and bring to perfection. But this shall be 

 related in a more convenient place. 



He returned to London on August 13, to 

 consult with his brethren the Archdeacons, who 



