Paid Mr Jeremiah French in cash 12/- and, by 12 lbs sugar, 5/-, which together make 17/- in full for the money paid to the poor on Sunday last…. Dr Snelling called on me, but did not stay… Mr Elless drank tea with us. At home all day and but very little to a do. In the evening read one of Tillotson’s sermons, which I think a very good one. Oh! may the God of all goodness give me grace to mind what I read, that the same may sink deep into my heart and mind, and that I may every day become a better Christian. Oh! how weak and feeble are my best resolutions –[35 words omitted]… Daily and hourly do I sin, my own righteousness being but filthy rags–[50 words omitted]…and may the God of all goodness pour into my heart his holy spirit that I may live by faith and not rely on my own works, which are vain, and that I may work out my salvation with fear and trembling.