The title
page is written and is as follows:
THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS
AND CONFESSIONS
OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER:
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
Fideli certa merces.
And, alongst the head, it is the same as given in the present
edition of the work. I altered the title to A Self-justified Sinner,
but my booksellers did not approve of it; and, there being a curse
pronounced by the writer on him that should dare to alter or
amend, I have let it stand as it is. Should it be thought to attach
discredit to any received principle of our Church, I am blameless.
The printed part ends at page 201 and the rest is in a fine old
hand, extremely small and close. I have ordered the printer to
procure a facsimile of it, to be bound in with the volume. [v.
Frontispiece.]
With regard to the work itself, I dare not venture a judgment, for I
do not understand it. I believe no person, man or woman, will
ever peruse it with the same attention that I have done, and yet I
confess that I do not comprehend the writer's drift. It is certainly
impossible that these scenes could ever have occurred that he
describes as having himself transacted.
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