1747 May 21 (Thursday). Rain yet Mr. Martyn came and preach’d my Lecture from John 7.17. N.B. though Mr. Martyn preaches very well yet some of my people are so disgusted with him that they will not hear him. James Maynard and Eliezer Rice when they came so near the Meeting House as to know who preach’d they turn’d back and went their way. This I am heartily griev’d for. May God give them a better Mind!