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SHERING, a parish of England, in Essex; 3 miles north¬ 
east-by-east of Harlow. 
SHERINGHAM, a parish of England, in Norfolk, near 
the sea-shore; 5 miles west of Cromer. Population 539. 
SHERINGTON, a parish of England, in Wiltshire; 4| 
miles north-east of Hindon. 
SHERIPORAM, a town of Hindostan, in the Northern 
Circars, and district of Raiamundry, Lat. not ascer¬ 
tained. 
SHERLOCK (William), an eminent divine in the Eng¬ 
lish church, was born in London in 1641. He was edu¬ 
cated at Eton, and thence he went to Peter-house, Cam¬ 
bridge, when he published “ A Discourse concerning the 
Knowledge of Christ, and our Communion with Him,” 
being intended as a confutation of the Antinomian doctrine, 
which brought upon him several antagonists, against whom 
he vindicated himself with judgment and zeal. In 1680 he 
took the degree of D.D., and in the following year he ob¬ 
tained a prebend in the cathedral of St. Paul’s. The dis¬ 
covery of what was called the Rye-house plot, having called 
forth the spirit of loyalty, Dr. Sherlock appeared as an 
assertor of the doctrine of non-resistance, in a work entitled 
“ The Case of Resistance to the supreme Powers stated, and 
resolved according to the Doctrines of the Holy Scriptures.” 
In this piece he maintained that the authority of the 
sovereign was in his person, and not in the law:—that he 
does not receive his authority from the laws, but that the 
laws receive their power from him;—and that it does not 
become a man who can reason to all to talk of the authority 
of the laws in derogation to the authority of the sovereign 
power. From these slavish principles he did not in the 
least swerve, even after the accession of James II. had still 
more endangered the public liberties and religion of the 
country. 
After the revolution. Dr. Sherlock for some time remained 
firm in his high monarchical principles; and refusing to 
take the oaths to the new government, was suspended from 
all his preferments, among which was the mastership of the 
Temple. It was during this suspension from his labours as 
a preacher, that he published the treatise on “ Death,” to 
which he is chiefly indebted for celebrity as an author. 
Not long after the publication of this work, Dr. Sherlock’s 
scruples with respect to government gave way; he took the 
oaths, and was reinstated in all his preferments. This step 
of course exposed him to the censure of the party with whom 
he had long acted, and to vindicate himself he published 
apiece, entitled “The Case of the Allegiance due to sove¬ 
reign Powers stated and resolved.” In 1690 he published 
his “ Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy and Ever- 
blessed Trinityand in 1704 “ Discourse on the Immor¬ 
tality 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 age, 
SHERLOCK (Thomas), a distinguished prelate, and 
son of the preceding, was born in London in 1678. He 
received his classical education at Eton, and from thence 
he removed to Catharine-hall, Cambridge. Being pro¬ 
moted to the deanery of Chichester in 1726, he soon after 
made his first appearance in print, as a champion of the 
establishment, in “ A Vindication of the Corporation and 
Test Acts, in answer to the Bishop of Bangor’s Reasons for 
the Repeal of them.” This wasrepliedto by the worthy pre¬ 
late, and supported in a rejoinder by the dean. 
Dr. Sherlock’s next work was entitled “ The Use and 
Intent of Prophecy in the several Ages of the World,” 
which was the substance of some sermons preached in the 
Temple church, occasioned by the controversy between 
Collins and several divines on the subject of prophecy. In 
1728 he was promoted to the see of Bangor, in which he 
succeeded his antagonist Hoadly. As a member of the 
upper house, he took an active part in its debates, and was 
always a supporter of the interests of the crown and the 
church. He accepted the see of London in 1749 ; in 1753 
resigned the mastership of the Temple, and was very soon 
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after incapacitated for any very active service. The bishop 
died in 1761, in the 84th year of his age. 
SHERMA, a small province of Morocco, to the south of 
Morocco proper, and east of Duquella, abounding in cattle, 
particularly goats. 
SHERMAN, a township of the United States, in Fairfield 
county, Connecticut. Population 949. 
SHERMANBURY, a parish of England, in Sussex; 6 
miles north-east of Slayning. 
SHERONA, a village of Upper Egypt, on the Nile; 8 
miles north of Abu Girge. 
SHERRARDS, a hamlet of England, in Worcestershire; 
7 miles south-west of Worcester. 
SHERRINGHAM, a composer of songs in parts during 
the reign of Henry VII., which have been preserved with 
those of other contemporary composers in the Fairfax 
MS. 
SHERRINGTON, a parish of England, in Buckingham¬ 
shire; 2 miles north-north-east of Newport Pagnell. Popu¬ 
lation 773. 
SHERRINGTON, a township of Lower Canada, in the 
county of Huntingdon. 
SHERRIS, Sherris Sack, or Sherry, t. [from 
Xeres, a town of Andalusia in Spain.] A kind of Spanish 
wine.—Your sherris warms the blood, which before, cold 
and settled, left the liver white, which is the badge of pu¬ 
sillanimity ; but the sherris makes its course from the in¬ 
wards to the parts extreme. Shakspeare. —Good sherris 
sack ascends me into the brain, dries me there all the fool¬ 
ish dull vapours, and makes it apprehensive. Shakspeare. 
While the tinker did dine, he had plenty of wine, 
Rich canary with sherry, and tent superfine. 
Old Ballad, Percy's Rel. 
SHERSHELL, a considerable town of Algiers, in Africa, 
situated in a most fertile and delightful country. It is gene¬ 
rally supposed to be the city anciently called Jol, and to 
which the younger Juba gave the name of Cues area, in 
compliment to Augustus. The ruins here are not inferior to 
those of Carthage; and fine pillars, capitals, spacious cis¬ 
terns, and beautiful Mosaic pavements, give the highest idea 
of its ancient magnificence. The city is said to have been 
anciently destroyed by an earthquake; and the port, for¬ 
merly large and commodious, to have been ruined in con¬ 
sequence of the arsenal and other contiguous buildings being- 
precipitated into it. This tradition seems confirmed by the 
present aspect of the cothon or artificial harbour; for when 
the sea is calm, and the water low, its area appears covered 
over with massy pillars and fragments of walls, which could 
only, it would appear, have been transported thither by such 
a concussion. The port is nearly of a circular form, 200 
yards in diameter; but the securest part of it, which, till of 
late, was towards the cothon, is now filled up with a daily 
increasing bank of sand. However, there still lies in the 
mouth of it a small rocky island, which is the main shelter 
and defence against the northern tempest. In 1730, when 
Dr. Shaw visited this place, it was in great reputation for 
the manufacture of steel, earthen vessels, and such iron tools 
as are wanted in the neighbourhood. In 1738, it was se¬ 
riously injured by an earthquake. Lat. 36. 35. N. long. 2. 
30. E. 
SHERSTON, Great and Little, two adjoining vil¬ 
lages in Wiltshire; 6J miles west-by-south of Malmsbury. 
Population 1141. 
SHERVEND, a village of Irak, in Persia; 32 miles north 
of Consar. 
SHERWELL, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 2 
miles north-east of Barnstaple. Population 533. 
SHESBEQUIN, a post village of the United States, in 
Bradford county, Pennsylvania. 
SHETE, a small river of England, in Kent, which runs 
into the Medway, at Twyford bridge. 
SHETLAND, or Zetland Isles, the north-east divi¬ 
sion of the Scottish Northern isles, about 15 leagues north- 
2 K east 
