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

To the Reader.

Reader,

I Do easily foresee the large commendation which I have given to that truly Honourable person, whose memory is continued in these papers, may incur censure from strangers: or else those, who though not altogether strangers, were not so intimately acquainted with her worth and excellency; (painted ⟨image 10⟩pieces look best at a distance, but real and living are not discovered but b• nearer approaches. An• therefore a word to avoid prejudice will not be unnecessary.

I Do easily foresee the large commendation which I have given to that truly Honourable person, whose memory is continued in these papers, may incur censure from strangers: or else those, who though not altogether strangers, were not so intimately acquainted with her worth and excellency; (painted ⟨image 10⟩pieces look best at a distance, but real and living are not discovered but b• nearer approaches. An• therefore a word to avoi• prejudice will not be unnecessary.