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

and desire to live on Christ as my portion and strength.

In January, 1650. Mrs. Scot began another, of the sweet experiences (writes she) my God hath given me of his faithful performances of his Word and Promise to me. In January 1650. The Lord sweetly told me in the Ministry of his Word, out of the fourth Chapter of the Ephesians, the eighth Verse, how Christ had ⟨p. 19⟩led captivity captive in me, and for me in some measure; the same day, an occasion there was that caused my corruptions much to arise, but my God according to his Word did lead that captivity captive, and at night God gave me sweet comings in of himself into my sold, and sweet assurance, and some experience of the true & real work of Grace in me, & how God made the risings of sin the ruin of sin in me by Christ. The Lord gave me very sweet experience of his power in preserving me, when two in my family had the small pox, and three the measles, according to his word in Psal. 91.7. It shall not come nigh thee. O never distrust thy God more. After this, God did show me in some measure the cursed vileness of my nature, and suffered that bitter root of blasphemy to rise up in my heart, and God did this to punish ⟨p. 20⟩me, for my vain and sinful thoughts, but Jesus Christ made my faith to fight against it, but it was very sad and bitter to me, and after I was buffeted, God made me see the vileness of sin, and sinful thoughts, and made me in his strength resolve against all sin, and to hate it, and to walk closely with my God, and choose rather to offend all the world, then commit the least sin, and to lose all, and suffer all miseries, rather then commit the least sin; For God can make ones own heart and conscience a hell to one, and ones bed and all ones comforts bitter as death. And I desire to prize mercy, and close walkings with God, to lie down and rise up with him, and to pity others; This precious experience and lesson God taught me by that affliction, as by many other, and drave sin and vain thoughts from