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I shall not at all mention her birth and noble extraction, nor meddle with any thing that concerns her in her natural and civil capacities; but only speak something about her Piety and Godliness; which indeed is the truest Nobility. She was (as Saint John stiles the Lady to whom he wrote his second Epistle) an Elect Lady; whether you take Elect, for a choice and precious Lady, or for one who was elected by God from all eternity unto ⟨p. 28⟩life everlasting: She was one who made Religion her business, nor (as some Ladies do) her Idle hour, but her daily labour: One who sought first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, making it Her care to walk before God in truth and uprightness of heart, and to keep a Conscience void of offence both towards God, and towards man. She was early conversed to Jesus Christ, and that she continued steadfast in Faith and Holiness to her lives end, appears by these following Demonstrations.

I shall not at all mention her birth and noble extraction, nor meddle with any thing that concerns her in her natural and civil capacities; but only speak something about her Piety and Godliness; which indeed is the truest Nobility. She was (as Saint Iohn stiles the Lady to whom he wrote his second Epistle) an Elect Lady; whether you take Elect, for a choise and pretious Lady, or for one who was elected by God from all eternity unto ⟨p. 28⟩life everlasting: She was one who made Religion her business, nor (as some Ladies do) her Idle hour, but her daily labour: One who sought first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, making it Her care to walk before God in truth and uprightness of heart, and to keep a Conscience void of offence both towards God, and towards man. She was early conversed to Iesus Christ, and that she continued stedfast in Faith and Holinesse to her lives end, appears by these following Demonstrations.

SHE WAS 1. A diligent attender upon Gospel Ordinances, delighting much in the House of God, and preferring the Word of God above her appointed food. A constant Writer of Sermons, and wrote them in her Heart as well as in her Book, and her life was an exact Commentary upon the Sermons she heard. She hath a large Book in Folio written with her own hand, wherein under several Heads of Divinity, she hath registered the Observations of her reading both out of the Scriptures (which were her delight) and out of the Writings of our best Divines, and out of her own experiences. 2. Very conscientious in observing the Lords Day. Her custom was after Sermon both in the Morning, and Afternoon to retire into her Chamber, and to call before her her maid-servants, and such boys as served in the House, to give account what they had heard; helping their memories wherein they failed, clearing up the sense of what was delivered, wherein it might seem obscure unto them, exhorting and pressing them to be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, concluding all in Prayer with them. 3. Very careful in receiving the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ every Month, if she were not hindered by indispensable necessity. And in her preparation thereunto she was most diligent. For help herein she had made a Collection of the best Rules and Directions she could get about that Subject. 4. Taught of God not only notionally, but experimentally to live by Faith. For she met with many trials in her outward estate, both when a Wife, and when a Widow. But by Faith in Jesus Christ, she was more than Conqueror over them all.