thankes be to thee my God. as for my selfe I was and am now satisfied; yet let mee verifie the puritie of thy most Holy place: Mr Fosbro[o]k Dionysius moveing that doubt how \Satan/ should be said to fall from heaven. seeing he gathereth from these words. Thou saidest I will ascend into heaven ( I am of both opinions first the one then the other that he was not in heaven before) Satisfieth himselfe thus that he was at the first creation placed in the Emperiall heaven and from thence aspired into the heaven of heavens: and therefore was cast down* afterothers thus. that where as he is called the prince of the aire Ephes. 2.2 which somtimes is called heaven as Gen 1.14 so he was cast downe from thence by the power of the word: Luk 10.18. The psalmest saith psal 102.25And thou Lord in the begining hast established the earth. and the heavens are the workes of thine handes. psal 148. Exo 12.14they shall perish but thou dost remaine, for thou Lord art above these heavens Psal. 57.11. S Austin Con ⁵⁴But the heaven of heavens, \is/ incorruptable and unchangable because thy selfe is whose heb. 21.6presants makes it so.

in this time a heav\i/nes* tooke me and my Sister together one day. which in the next brake forth into the mesels (my brother having it afore) yet I was not sicke. although I eate part of a great apple \but/ the sam night they were comming foorth, by reason of my great drines, in the morning I desired drinke which was refused to me because my *or my [ mother ] Brother and Sister were not suffered to have + but onely posit drinke or nectar Ale which sweet things increase the more thirst any*+ (through my parents over much care) but I was with my Granmother. and seemed not to be well pleased without drinke which was after given me with a tost to warme it I thought this the best that ever I drinke and I suppose I was the better for it. my Brother and Sister not being so well which were kept from it. For I praise thee my God I was not sicke though my stomacke failled me for 2 or 3 dayes I being the more hungery for it afterwards.

now I had gotten a foolish tricke to refuse eateing of and I thought this not so good as mutton, likewise I refused other meats out of a nisness or coynes which I thought not to be so nouerishing as others some which I think now to be most holsome to me veale. because some of our Name loved it not but my Granmother now seeing me very hungery brought foorth a pece of veale. saying nothing what it was till after I had eaten it, takeing it for lambe. but I now hearing her tell how she had deceaved me. was afterwards ashamed of my foollishnes and since this I praise thee my God there hath almost no meate come amis to me but I could eate any thing. save that I now having experiance of that which is not so wholesome for mee which I forbare to eate. and not \so much/ out of meanes or foolishnes which I before did; now forasmuch as I find by my selfe that plentie drawes along with it a lickorishnesse or too much greedynesse after those meates which wee most love and a disdaine of other meates which wee count not so good. I therefore crave pardon of thee my God for the abuse of thy gifts. for which for every Creature of thine is good and nothing ought to be refused etc 1 Tim 4.4 -some easy worke as networke or winding of thred out of one botome to another when her light was weake I ought rather to give thankes. or other[waies]*

Now my mother was so well that she often visited my Granmother: besides her rideing forth not onely for her recreation. but also to see her Neighbours. she being recovered desired our minister Mr Buning to take for his text the 10 verse of the 52 psalme. I will alwayes give thankes unto thee for that thou hast done. this, and I will hope in thy Name, for thy Saints like it well. also she imployed her selfe to be doeing and not to sit musing so much as she had done: she perceving my Granmothers maner of life asked her if she were not werery with her much praing and reading doeing nothing besides but sometimes recreating her selfe with those that came to see her (but I perceved she found much sweetnes therein) knowing that heretofore shee had but a very sturing woman in her house, and somtimes for her recreation would play. (though not for much) at cards and tables with her friends. my mother asked her if she thought it Lawfull. she did not condeme it. onely she spoke as if she thought her time better spent (not as they say now adayes to drive away the time) my Granmother being also very Charitable giveing and lending much. complaned to me one day of there slacknes in paying to whom she lent. saying if they did not, she should want for her owne nescessaries; now part of the 37 psalm came to my mind which I then uttered to her. The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe but the righteous is mercifull and giveth againe vers 26 he is ever mercifull and lendeth and his seede enjoyeth the blessing; I well remember the words. which she then used to me saying I coun you thanke