September 2, 1750

1750 September 2 (Sunday).  Read Exod. 36.  Preach’d from 1 Pet. 4.6, former part and us’d Sermon 3 on Eph. 5.14.  My wife din’d with me at Esquire Bakers.  P.M. read John 11 from number 30 and carry’d on the Same Subject in preaching as in the Morning from 1 Pet. 4.6, answering the objections against the propriety of preaching the Gospel to them that are Dead — see Sermon on Eph. 5.14, Page 34 to 44.  Mr. Haven preach’d at Upton.