Stand with an even mind resigned to the will of God, whatever shall befall, because after winter cometh the summer; after the dark night the day shineth, and after the storm followeth a great calm.
Seek not for consolation which shall rob thee of the grace of penitence; for all that is high is not holy, nor all that is pleasant good; nor every desire pure; nor is what is pleasing to us always pleasant in the sight of God." January 23.
The weather is bitter cold, and a great snow on the ground.

By a letter from Newbury, brought me by Mr.Sewall, who hath just returned from that place, I hear that Goodwife Morse hath been bound for trial as a witch.
Mr.Sewall tells me the woman is now in the Boston jail.

As to Caleb Powell, he hath been set at liberty, there being no proof of his evil practice.

Yet inasmuch as he did give grounds of suspicion by boasting of his skill in astrology and astronomy, the Court declared that he justly deserves to bear his own shame and the costs of his prosecution and lodging in jail.
Mr.Sewall tells me that Deacon Dole has just married his housekeeper, Widow Barnet, and that Moses says he never knew before his father to get the worst in a bargain.
January 30.
Robert Pike called this morning, bringing me a letter from my brother, and one from Margaret Brewster.

He hath been to the Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, and reporteth well of the prospects of my brother, who hath a goodly farm, and a house nigh upon finished, the neighbors, being mostly Quakers, assisting him much therein.