LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. 107 



that he was present only the first and last days 

 of that session, and consequently had no part 

 in the remarkable debates, and warm contentions 

 which then employed that reverend and learned 

 body. 



The next year, 1690, his course of waiting at 

 Court as Chaplain, was in April, when he 

 preached before the Queen at Whitehall, a ca- 

 suistical discourse upon Gal. v. 13.; containing 

 rules for our conduct when we are at a loss 

 to distinguish the bounds of sin and duty, lawful 

 and unlawful, in any action. Which was printed 

 by her Majesty's command. She was likewise 

 much pleased with a sermon he preached before 

 her, during his waiting this month at Kensing- 

 ton, upon the Prodigal Son, and ordered him to 

 print that also ; but he made his excuse, and the 

 Queen allowed it. On May 21st, he was called 

 upon to preach before the House of Commons 

 on occasion of the monthly fast. This was the 

 third time he had preached before that house. 



The summer following, he resolved to visit 

 his native country and his mother, yet living 

 in Bradford, once more ; for he had not been 

 down for several years. Accordingly, he spent 

 what time he had to spare amongst his friends 

 there, and at York, where he also paid his re- 

 spects to Archbishop Lamplugh ; little imagin- 

 ing then how soon he should have a much 



