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The excellent woman a sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Scott ...…
The excellent woman a sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Scott ... on the 16 of Decemb. 1658 / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed for Robert Gibs, 1659
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To the Honourable Sir Howland Roberts of Glastonbury in the County of Kent Baronet.
To the Honourable Sir Howland Roberts of Glassenbury in the County of Kent Baronet.
Noble Sir,
IT is no small privilege to be born of godly parents; The blessings of the Covenant run most kindly in the channel of the Covenant; ⟨image 6⟩there is more to be presumed of such children then others; not only as they are under the blessing of their parents prayers, (Bathsheba called Solomon the son of her Vows; and Monica St. Augustine the child of her prayers and tears;) but also as they themselves have a greater holdfast upon God, by virtue of his holy Covenant; Lord, I am thy servant, 1and the son of thy handmaid, was Davids plea.
IT is no small priviledge to be born of godly parents; The blessings of the Covenant run most kindly in the channell of the Covenant; ⟨image 6⟩there is more to be presumed of such children then others; not only as they are under the blessing of their parents prayers, (Bathsheba called Solomon the sonne of her Vowes; and Monica St. Augustine the childe of her prayers and tears;) but also as they themselves have a greater holdfast upon God, by vertue of his holy Covenant; Lord, I am thy servant,