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the defire of the bifliops, interpofed with a prohibition of 

 the ufe of new terms in the explication of the doftrine of 

 the Trinity. 



In 1704 Dr. Sherlock publifiied "A Difcourfe on the 

 Immortality of the Soul," in which he made an attack on 

 Locke's opinion concerning innate ideas. He died in 1707, 

 in the 67th year of his a;Te. After his deceafe, his fermons, 

 which had been printed during his life, were collected, and 

 with others printed in tvvo volumes, 8vo. 



Sherlock, Thomas, a diltinguifhed prelate, and fon of 

 the preceding, was born in London in 1678. He received 

 his clafTical education at Eton, and from thence he removed 

 to Catharine-hall, Cambridge, about the year 1693. In pro- 

 cefs of time he became a fellow of that fociety, entered into 

 holy orders, and upon the refignation of his father in 1704, 

 he fucceedt'd to the office of mailer of the Temple. In the 

 duties of this oflice he exerted himfelf with fo much fuc- 

 cefs, that few Englifh divines have acquired fo high a repu- 

 tation for pulpit oratory, in the qualities of ftrength and 

 folidity of reafoning, and forcible and manly eloquence. 



He commenced doftor of divinity in 1707, and in 1714 

 was eleiSted maiter ot Catharine-hall. Being promoted to 

 the deanery of Chicheller in 1726, he foon after made his 

 firit appearance in print, as a champion of the eitablilliment, 

 in " A Vindication of the Corporation and Tell Afts, in 

 • anfwer to the Bifliop of Bangor's Reafons for the Repeal 

 of them." This was replied to by the worthy prelate, and 

 fupported in a rejoinder by the dean. 



Dr. Sherlock's next work was entitled " The Ufe and 

 Intent of Prophecy in the feveral Ages of the World," 

 which was the iubilance of fome fermons preached in the 

 Temple church, occafioned by the controverfy between 

 Collins and feveral divines on the fubjefl of prophecy. In 

 1728 he was promoted to the fee of Bangor, in which he 

 fucceeded his antagonill Hoadly, as he did, in 1738, in that 

 of Salifbury. As a member of the upper houfe, he took 

 an aftive part in its debates, and was always a fupporter of 

 the interefts of the crown and the church. He was con- 

 fidered, in parliament, as a great authority in ecclefiallical 

 law, and frequently led the judgment of the houfe ; and 

 . fuch at length was the reputation which he had in tlie epif- 

 copal charatter, that upon the death of archbidiop Potter, 

 in 1747, he was offered to fucceed him in the fee of Canter- 

 bury, which he declined on account of ill health, but after- 

 wards recovering, he accepted the fee of London in 1749' 

 In 1 7 J? he reilgned the mallerfliip of the Temple, and was 

 very foon after incapacitated for any very aftive itrviee : he 

 nearly loll the ufe of his limbs and Ipeech, but ilill retained 

 the vigour of his undertlanding, and was capable of reviling 

 and correfting a volume of fermons : this was followed by 

 four others, which are in high ellimation. The biftiop died 

 in 1 761, in the 841!! year of his age. 



SHERMA, or CllEU.MA, in Geography, a province of 

 the kingdom of Morocco, which lies between the province 

 of Hea and that of Moroccq, and has been difmembercd 

 from that of Hoa. Sec Siiedma. 



SHERMAN, a tov^n of America, in the (late of Con- 

 neftirut and county of Fairfield, containing 949 inhabitants. 



SHERMANSLI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Na- 

 tolia -, 48 miles W. of Burfa. 



SHERONA, a town of Egypt, on the right bank of 

 the Nile ; 8 miles N. of Abu Girgc. 



SHERRINGHAM, in Eiogmphy, a compofer of fongs 

 in parts during the reign of Henry VII. which have been 

 preserved with thofe of other contemporary compolers in 

 the Fairfax MS. the moll ancient book of the kind that we 

 have ever been able to difcovcr. See Fairfax. 



SHERSHELL, in Geography, a town of Africa, in the 

 kingdom of Algiers, generally fuppofed to be the city calk-d 

 Jol, and by the younger Juba named Ctfarea, in compli» 

 ment to Augullus. This town, when Dr. Shaw faw it, in 

 the year 1730, was in great reputation for making fteel, 

 earthen vellels, and fuch iron touls as are wanted in the 

 neighbourhood: but a few years afterwards (1738) it was 

 entirely thrown down by an earthquake. The ruins upon 

 which this town was fituated, are not inferior in extent to 

 thofe of Carthage ; and we may likewife conceive no fmall 

 opinion of its former magnificence, from the fine pillars, 

 capitals, fpacious cifterns, and beautiful Mofaic pavements, 

 that are every where i-eniaining. They have a tradition, 

 that the ancient city was deilroycd, as the new one was 

 lately, by an earthquake ; and that the port, formerly very 

 large and commodious, was deltroyed by the arfenal and 

 other adjacent buildings being thrown into it by the fliock. 

 The cothon, or artificial harbour, that had a communica- 

 tion with the weilern part of the port, is the bell proof of 

 this tradition : for when the fea is calm, and the water low, 

 (as frequently happens after ftrong fouth orealt winds,) all 

 over the area of it fo many mally pillars and pieces of great 

 walls may be fcen, that it cannot well be conceived how 

 they fiiould come there without fuch a concuffion. The 

 port is nearly of a circular form, of 200 yards in diameter ; 

 but the fecurell part of it, which, till of late was towards 

 the cothon, is now filled up with a bank of fand, that daily 

 increafes. However, there Ilill lies in the mouth of it a 

 fmall rocky illand, which at prefent is the main flielter and 

 defence againft the northern tempell. N. lat. 36^' 35'. E. 

 long. 2° 30'. 



SHERVEND, a town of Perfia, in the province of 

 Irak ; 32 miles N. of Confar. 



SHERWOOD FoKEST. See Shirewood Forejl. 



SHERZOUR. See Sherezur. 



SHESBEOUIN, a poll-town of America, in Luzerne 

 county, Pennsylvania ; 80 miles N.N.W. of Philadelphia. 



SHESHME-BAND, a town of Perfia, in the province 

 of Segelhin ; 50 mik-s W.S.W. of Ferah. 



SHESHMESHA, a town of Perfia, in the province of 

 Khoralan ; .(j miles W. of Tabas-Kileki. 



SHETABAVA, a town of Hindoollan, in the Carna- 

 tic ; 40 miles S. of Tanjore. 



SHETERU, a town of Hindoollan, in Coimbctorc ; 

 5 miles N.W. of Erroad. 



SHETLAND Islands. SeeZv.i-LASD IJlam/s. 



SnErLASD-Sheep, in JgrinillNrc, a breed of iine-wooUcd 

 flieep peculiar to the Shetland iflands. Sec Sheli'. 



SHETUCKET, in Geography, a river of America, in 

 Conncdlieut, formed by the juni'lion of Willomantic and 

 Mount Hope rivers, which after running E. a few miles 

 purines a fouthern courfe, and uniting with Qninnabang 

 rivf-r difcharges itfelf into the Thames in the fouthern part 

 of the lownlhip of Norwich. 



SHEVADY, a town of Hindoollan ; 8 miles W. N.W. 

 of Piilluniiiare. 



SHEVAGUNGA, a town of Hindoollan, in Myforc { 

 25 milej N.W. of Bangalore. N. lat. 13" 6'. E. long. 



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SHEV AGURY, a town of Hindoollan, in Madura ; 15 



miles N.W. of Coilpctla. 



SHEVALORE, a town of Hindoollan, in Marawar ; 

 8 mik-s N.W. of Trumian. 



SHEVALPETTORE, a town of Hindoollan, in Ma- 

 rawar ; 32 miles N.N.W. of Ramanadporum. — Alfo, a 

 town of i lindoollan, in the province of Madura ; 35 milci 



S.S.W. of Madura. 



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