LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. 157 



our Lord Jesus Christ, and the souls of that 

 flock that he has committed to you; that in 

 revenge of some injury or ill usage you think 

 you have met with from them, you endeavour 

 to deprive them (as far as in law you dare) of 

 all the good that should come to them by your 

 ministry ; and not only so, but to force them, 

 if you can, to leave the Church. 



*' Good Sir, I beg of you that this may be 

 amended, and that I may hear no more of it. 

 If I do, I shall be forced to have articles exhi- 

 bited against you in Court, and to have the 

 matter brought upon the public stage, which I 

 am very unwilling should be done. I pray God 

 bless you, and give both you and me a serious 

 sense of the duty which is incumbent upon us 

 in our stations. 



" I am, Sir, with great sincerity, 



'' Your affectionate friend and brother, 



*' Jo. Ebor." 



The next is a more tender letter, and shews 

 how much he laid to heart the reputed faults of 

 his brethren, where no formal charge was brought 

 by open accuser. 



*' Sir, 



"I should be failing, both in the dis- 

 charge of my duty, and in the friendship which 

 1 owe to you and your family, if I should not 



