1752 May 3 (Sunday). Read Deut. 8. Preach’d on Deut. 5.19. P.M. read 2 Cor. 9. Preach’d on Phil. 1.27, A Sermon which was first deliver’d in the Year 1725, now with many alterations and additions. At Night, 9 o’clock came Mr. Ezra Taylor of Southborough to desire me to go to the Funeral of Mr. Jonathan Brewer[1] of Framingham who Yesterday Morning cutt his own Throat with a Sickle.
[1]Brewer, who was in his 64th year, had lived in Framingham since 1717. Temple, Framingham, p. 481.