Oct: 15. God good to me and mine in many particulars, I have had painful gripings in my body which I apprehend to be choler, and it works away, and I trust god intends to do me good by the same, the lord good in the season very comfortable; our house of parl as called do nothing yet, and perhaps will droll away their time, and give advantage to slur them, and future assembles of this nature, god was good to me in some strength for his work, though my body griped and troubled,