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

Hence I say from the first of her sickness to the last,¹ she spake not much, but what she did speak was spiritual and heavenly; upon the first seizure of her distemper, she called her two daughters to her and renewed Joshua's charge upon them to serve the Lord, and to fear him; ²to take heed of sinning against God; as they desired God should take care of them. From the time she kept her bed she would be often speaking with holy admiration, how infinitely good God had bin unto her ever since ⟨p. 86⟩he had bin pleased to reveal his Son in her. ³She did often express St Paul his holy indifference to life or death, I am willing to die, and yet contented to live if I may do more service for God.⁴

Hence I say from the first of her sicknesse to the last,¹ she spake not much, but what she did speake was spirituall and heavenly; upon the first seizure of her distemper, she called her two daughters to her and renewed Joshuahs charge upon them to serve the Lord, and to feare him; ²to take heed of sinning against God; as they desired God should take care of them. From the time she kept her bed she would be often speaking with holy admiration, how infinitely good God had bin unto her evere since ⟨p. 86⟩he had bin pleased to reveal his Son in her. ³She did often express St Paul his holy indifference to life or death, I am willing to die, and yet contented to live if I may doe more service for God.⁴