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

To the truly Honourable, and much honoured, The Lady Frances Howland, Relict to the worthy Sir Matthew Howland late of Giles in the Fields.

To the truly Honourable, and much honoured, The Lady Frances Howland, Relict to the worthy Sir Mathew Howland late of Giles in the Fields.

Madam,

I Shall not need to fear the reviving of your sorrows by this late address; I find them still ⟨image 3⟩fresh upon your spirit; and I dare not accuse you for it: I had almost said, you cannot be guilty of an excess in your mourning over the loss of such a child; A child not only of the severest obedience, but of the sweetest and tenderest respect to your spiritual and eternal good, that most Mothers ever had the happiness to bring forth.

I Shall not need to fear the reviving of your sorrowes by this late address; I finde them still ⟨image 3⟩fresh upon your spirit; and I dare not accuse you for it: I had almost said, you cannot be guilty of an excesse in your mourning over the losse of such a childe; A child not only of the severest obedience, but of the sweetest and tenderest respect to your spiritual and eternal good, that most Mothers ever had the happinesse to bring forth.