A sermon preach'd at Cambrige [sic], after the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Foxcroft, late wife of Francis Foxcroft Esq; who died there, July 4th.... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"I Have presum'd, without Your Leave, to inscribe to your Name the following DISCOURSE, (for the Substance preached in Your Hearing, but now publish'd with some Enlargements & Additions,) which I hope You will easily excuse, when You consider how naturally I was led into this Dedication. Notwithstanding the Meanness of the Composure, yet (the Subject being so grateful to You) You were pleas'd to order it to the Press; herein imitating good Jacob, who erected a Monument on his beloved Rachels Grave, as a Testimony of His Respect to Her, and to be a standing Memorial of Her Life and Death. And it is in obedience to Your Command, (as well as at the Request of others, and (to speak the Truth) in pursuance of my own Inclinations,) that this Sermon . And since It comes abroad under Your Patronage, I need not make any manner of Apology for exposing it to public View; altho' I imagine my self not unfurnisht with sufficient Excuses both for Preaching and Printing on such an Occasion. It wou'd be Enough to say, I have good Example for it in many Instances, as well Ancient as Modern. Some Expositors (as one observes