LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. ^l4o 



in his diary the preacher's name, and generally 

 with some short remark upon the discourse, or 

 upon the man that made it; and sometimes 

 minuting the notice he had taken to the preacher 

 himself, of what had been said, or the manner 

 of saying it. Twice, indeed, he was so dis- 

 pleased, or rather provoked, as he observes, 

 with the sermon, that he durst not venture at 

 that time to talk with the preacher, lest he 

 should not sufficiently command himself; and 

 therefore chose to express his displeasure and 

 resentment by withdrawing, in a way that was 

 not usual with him. The persons, it seems, 

 called up to preach, being as much strangers 

 to him as he was to them, thought to approve 

 themselves to him by the bitterness of their in- 

 vectives against the Dissenters. A conduct that 



was odious in his sight. " Mr. preached 



(says he) so furious a sermon against the Dis- 

 senters, as I never heard the like. I went out 

 of the church before I came into the Vestry, 

 because I knew not how to behave myself to- 

 wards him." In all his diary, (where he mi- 

 nutely sets down all the little heats he was 

 occasionally put into) there does not appear 

 more than one other instance where the provo- 

 cation had so strong and visible an effect upon 

 him : and that was when the like case happened 

 again at this lecture, and an indiscreet hot man. 



