their Parents, tho' ever so low in the World: And that the only Disgrace is
to be dishonest; but none at all to be poor.
 
From the Oeconomy she purposes to observe in her Elevation, let even Ladies of
Condition learn, that there are Family Employments in which they may, and ought
to, make themselves useful, and give good Examples to their Inferiors, as well
as Equals. And that their Duty to God, Charity to the Poor and Sick, and the
different Branches of Houshold Management, ought to take up the most
considerable Portions of their Time.
 
From her signal Veracity, which she never forfeited, in all the Hardships she
was try'd with, tho' her Answers, as she had Reason to apprehend, would often
make against her; and the Innocence she preserved throughout all her Stratagems
and Contrivances to save herself from Violation; Persons, even sorely tempted,
may learn to preserve a sacred Regard to Truth; which always begets a Reverence
for them, even in the corruptest Minds.
 
In short,
    Her obliging Behaviour to her Equals, before her Exaltation; her Kindness to
them afterwards, her forgiving Spirit, and her Generosity;
    Her Meekness, in every Circumstance where her Virtue was not concern'd;
    Her charitable Allowances for others, as in the Case of Miss Godfrey, for
Faults she would not have forgiven in herself;
    Her Kindness and Prudence to the Offspring of that melancholy Adventure;
    Her Maiden and Bridal Purity, which extended as well to her Thoughts as to
her Words and Actions;
    Her signal Affiance in God;
    Her thankful Spirit;
    Her grateful Heart;
    Her diffusive Charity to the Poor, which made her blessed by them whenever
she appear'd abroad;
    The chearful Ease and Freedom of her Deportment;
    Her Parental, Conjugal and Maternal Duty;
    Her Social Virtues;
 
Are all so many signal Instances of the Excellency of her Mind; which may make
her Character worthy of the Imitation of her Sex, from low to high Life. And the
Editor of these Sheets will have his End, if it inspires a laudable Emulation in
the Minds of any worthy Persons, who may thereby intitle themselves to the
Rewards, the Praises, and the Blessings, by which she was so deservedly
distinguished.
 

                                     Notes

1 See pp. 93-94; her Alterations are in a different Character.
 
2 The Lord is only my Support,
And he that doth me feed:
How can I then lack any thing,
Whereof I stand in need?
In Pastures green he feedeth me,
Where I do safely lie;
And after leads me to the Streams