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

It fell out that while they were thus working at times upon her, and she wavering, that in that Festival time of Christs Nativity, which in such houses was kept with some solemnity of good cheer these Sectaries came to Glastonbury, and after dinner had gotten an opportunity to confer with Mrs. Scot, then Mrs. Roberts, somewhat privately in a Chamber, where yet was present Mrs. Crisp her Aunt, a godly Gentlewoman, now also deceased, and ⟨p. 87⟩John Morgan a retainer to that family, a very honest man, now also dead; The good Gentlewoman, & the rest were somewhat puzzled, with the somewhat knotty discourses of these Sectaries: Now it was so by Gods Providence, that I was also at that time, and had been there for some days, invited by Sir Walter Roberts, now deceased to, and his Son, young Mr. Roberts, who, for six years together, at least, had been my Scholar, and boarded in my house; Whereupon it came into that John Morgan's mind, to make a motion to Mrs. Roberts to send for me, and that I should confer with those Sectaries, she did gladly entertain the motion, and they how willingly, I know not, yielded to it, so I coming to them, there we conferred together for some two hours (it may be) before them, about points of Separation, especially about receiving ⟨p. 88⟩the Sacrament amongst such a confused multitude, as then was the manner, by the iniquity of the times, whether it might lawfully be done, or could be done with any comfort. The issue of our conference was such by the Lords blessing, that Mrs. Roberts was satisfied about such objections as they made, had her scruples cleared, listened no more to their suggestions, and they being now out of hope of gaining her, left her, so that from thence, she continued her attendance upon the public Ministry, and held in, in the Communion of our Churches as true, though then in many things somewhat corrupt and defective. And this, Sir, is the story of that passage, if you think meet to make use of it, I should be willing that you would not mention me by name, but only ⟨p. 89⟩say that a Minister being at that time there by Providence, was called in to confer with the Sectaries, and did satisfy Mrs. Roberts. I cannot tell whether a passage or two be much worth the mentioning, but now I am writing I have a mind to add them. First while Mrs.