112 LIFE OF ARCFIBISHOP SHARP. 



nister for sixteen years, aiid received very great 

 testimonies of their love and esteem for him. 



It was a mighty pleasure to him that his 

 parish fell into the hands of so great and worthy 

 a person as Dr. Scott ; the man whom he had 

 singled out of the whole body of the London 

 Clergy, in his private thoughts, to be his suc- 

 cessor. How far he was instrumental in pro- 

 curing this preferment for Dr. Scott is not 

 known. But it is probable he was very much 

 so. For in one of his late fevers, (a distemper 

 he was liable to,) being apprehended to be in 

 great danger, he expressed his earnest desires 

 that his friend. Dr. Scott, might have the charge 

 of his flock ; and said, he hoped the Lord Chan- 

 cellor would think of him for that cure. 



On the last day of May, Archbishop Tillotson 

 was consecrated, and he confirmed Dr. Sharp 

 (whose election at York was now over) at Bow 

 Church, on July 2d, and within three days 

 after, viz. July 5th, he consecrated him, together 

 with the Bishops who succeeded to Gloucester, 

 Norwich, and Peterborough. The assisting 

 Prelates were Winchester, Sarum, Worcester, 

 Ely, and Bristol. 



The sermon was preached by Mr. Joshua 

 Clark, chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Norwich, 

 from Heb. xiii. 17. *' Obey theyn that have the 

 rule over you,'" &c. The discourse was printed. 



