The excellent woman a sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Scott ...…

It is a pretty Criticism that the same word in the Greek which signifieth to be idle, ¹signifieth also to censure: implying that idle Christians are most censorious.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew], or jor, arguo.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or ior, arguo.

She would often say to me, that she durst not too critically enquire into or judge others who came to the Sacrament (unless she knew them scandalous) she had enough to do, to make out her own right to that tremendous Ordinance.

She would often say to me, that she durst not too critically enquire into or judge others who came to the Sacrament (unless she knew them scandalous) she had enough to doe, to make out her own right to that tremendous Ordinance.

Ninthly, she was of a most sweet and cheerful spirit; ¹she did not want her crosses and trials (and great ones too) yet seldom was there a cloud seen upon her countenance; the ground Whereof was the inward serenity which she possest in her own spirit, in the sense of Gods love and her interest in Christ; of which she had most precious Scripture evidence, which was ballast to her soul in all weathers. Surely the joy of ⟨p. 61⟩the Lord was her strength, Nehem. 18.10.