3 August 1789 – 9 August 1789

I settled all my temporal business and, in particular, chose a new person to prepare the Arminian Magazine; I was obliged, however unwillingly, to drop Mr. O---, for only these two reasons: 1) the errata are unsufferable; I have borne them for these twelve years, but can bear them no longer; 2) several pieces are inserted without my knowledge, both in prose and verse. I must try whether these things cannot be amended for the short residue of my life.