Diary of Ralph Josselin (Private Collection)

4.1.1646, 6.1.1646 (Sunday 4 January 1646)

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Jan: 4: This week the Lord was gracious to me and mine in our health. peace provision, all well with us and our little ones, yet the times sickly and many died suddenly, in his name be praised in our preservation. the Lord was good to me in the fast day, and on his own day, he purge my thoughts and keep my heart more close every day to himself, Jan: 6 the time was cold frost very hard, the thames now frozen: Major Haynes we heard was coming home with his men:.