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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.
She had an excellent Spirit of Prayer, but accompanied with a rare modesty, for though (when she had […] Chaplain in her house,) she was able to perform the duty in her own person with much judgement & affection, Yet in the presence of those for whom she conceived that work more proper, she could not be tempted to undertake it, with the greatest Solicitation and importunity.
She had an excellent Spirit of Prayer, but accompanied with a rare modesty, for though (when she had 〈…〉 Chaplain in her house,) she was able to perform the duty in her own person with much judgement & affection, Yet in the presence of those for whom she conceived that work more proper, she could not be tempted to undertak• it, with the greatest Solicitation and importunity.
In a word to close this first branch of Excellency, she was a sincere practiser of that Evangelical Rule. ⟨p. 73⟩Whatsoever things are true,