The manuscript is held by Dr Williams's Library in London, and in 2007 the Boydell Press published a six-volume edition of the text.
[1] Because of his Non-conformist views he was ejected from his living at the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, going on to become a private chaplain to Denzil Holles and John Maynard, both veteran Parliamentarians.
Most of the early part of the Entring Book is concerned with the possible impact of resurgent Catholicism on English liberties.
After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which James was replaced by William III and Mary II, Morrice is anxious to detect signs of Jacobitism in the ranks of those whom he refers to as 'the hierarchical party.'
Besides high politics, Morrice's journal has a lot to say about other aspects of contemporary life: from military and legal affairs, to printing, firework carnivals, storms, hurricanes, duels, executions, suicides and many other similar delights.