1767 January 7 (Wednesday). Am reading Crysal volume 2. This work is writ with great Spirit and is a severe Satyr against Debauchery, if it be read with due Discretion; but I fear many read it merely as Entertainment, and forget the true Design of it; and then it may rather teach and promote vice, than restrain it. The Political Remarks in this volume appear to be just; and opens the diabolical Projections of the Jesuits, if this Account may be rely’d on.