104 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. 



♦' Whitehall, Sept. 7, 1689. 

 '' Sir, 



" Dr. Tillotson being removed to the 



Deanery of Paul's, I must wish you joy of that 



of Canterbury, which the King has given you. 



This need not hasten your journey to London 



(though I should be glad to see you at any time,) 



because it cannot be perfected till Dr. Stilling- 



fleet be actually Bishop of Worcester. I should 



be extremely rejoiced to hear you have recovered 



your health, which no man wishes you more 



than, 



** Your most affectionate, humble servant, 



t< Nottingham." 



Dr. Sharp was not ignorant to whose interest 

 and application in great measure he must be 

 indebted for this unlooked for favour, as will 

 appear by his modest letter of acknowledgment 

 to his Lordship. 



" My Lord, 



" Be pleased to accept my most humble 

 thanks for this new instance of your favour 

 and kindness added to a thousand before ; and 

 which indeed is extremely surprising to me, be- 

 cause as I did not deserve it, so did I not in the 

 least expect it. 



** It is to your father, my Lord, and yourself, 

 that, under God, I owe all that I have in this 

 world. And may I but have the continuance 



