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Sherlock was the son of William Sherlock and was born in London . He was educated at Eton and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge , and in 1704 succeeded his father as master of the Temple, where he was very popular. In 1714 he became master of his old college at Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the university, whose privileges he defended against Richard Bentley . In 1715 he was appointed dean of Chichester. He took a prominent part in the Bangorian Controversy against Benjamin Hoadly , whom he succeeded as Bishop Of Bangor in 1728; he was afterwards translated to Salisbury in 734, and to London in 1748. Sherlock was a capable administrator, and cultivated friendly relations with dissenters. In parliament he was of good service to his old schoolfellow Robert Walpole . He published against Anthony Collins 's Deistic ''Grounds of the Christian Religion'' a volume of sermons entitled ''The Use and Interest of Prophecy in the Several Ages of the World'' (1725); and in reply to Thomas Woolston 's ''Discourses on the Miracles'' he wrote a volume entitled ''The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus'' (1729), which soon ran through fourteen editions. His ''Pastoral Letter'' (1750) on the late earthquakes had a circulation of many thousands, and four or five volumes of ''Sermons'' which he published in his later years (1754-1758) were also at one time highly esteemed. A collected edition of his works, with a memoir, in 5 vols. 8vo, by JS Hughes, appeared in 1830. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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