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

I. She was much in holy religious Worship and service of God in pub•ick, exceeding careful not to lose any public opportunity for the good of her soul, making all ordinary occasions of her own and visits of friends give place, and not to hinder her waiting on God in the public Ministry of his Word. If there were a Lecture she used to go unto, and persons of quality came to visit her, after she had been with them a while, and time was to go, she would look upon it as no incivility to leave them with the Lady her mother, ⟨p. 106⟩unless they would go with her. I never knew any ordinary visit or visitors detain her from attending the Word of God preached, for almost these nine years which I have lived in her house. She was willing to keep fair Correspondency with all her friends, •nd to maintain a moral principle of love, where there was no more; but exceeding tired with Lady's discourse at their visits, though I suppose in her presence it was far better then otherwise. If any business unknown fell out when she was going to the Lecture, unless it would certainly prove prejudicial to her, she would make it stand back and wait till afterward: and this I have frequently known; and she often said, she found Satan very busy to hinder her from laying hold of opportunities, this I believe the whole family can testify with my self.

I. She was much in holy religious Worship and service of God in pub•ick, exceeding careful not to lose any publick opportunity for the good of her soul, making all or•inary occasions of her own and visits of friends give place, and not to hinder her waiting on God in the publick Ministry of his Word. If there were a Lecture she used to go unto, and persons of quality came to visit her, after she had been with them a while, and time was to go, she would look upon it as no incivility to leave them with the Lady her mother, ⟨p. 106⟩unlesse they would go with her. I never knew any ordinary visit or visiters detain her from attending the Word of God preached, for almost these nine years which I have lived in her house. She was willing to keep fair Correspondency with all her friends, nd to maintain a moral principle of love, where there was no more; but exceeding tired with Lady's discourse at their visits, though I suppose in her presence it was farre better then otherwise. If any businesse unknown fell out when she was going to the Lecture, unlesse it would certainly prove prejudicial to her, she would make it stand back and wait till afterward: and this I have frequently known; and she often said, she found Satan very busie to hinder her from laying hold of opportunities, this I believe the whole family can testifie with my self.