RECOMMENDATORY NOTE

The Character described in this small volume, is unhappily a very uncommon one-the consistent Christian. It is drawn, more from the holy scriptures, than from living examples. Those persons, however, who are sincerely desirous of knowing and becoming such Christians, will derive advantage from a perusal of "Secker's Nonsuch Professor.." It is written for men of plain sense, and is adapted to the taste of no other reader. It is a book of practical godliness. Without that show of criticism, which is attractive to the scholar, it explains and applies the word of God to the heart and life of man; and without formal didactic discussion, it is replete with sentiments corresponding with the analogy of faith.

There is nothing to amuse or gratify the reader of taste; neither is it calculated to comfort the relligionist, who builds his hope of immortality upon party zeal, or upon the inward feelings of an indistinct and uncertain experience. Mr. Secker points to Jesus as the rock upon which ethe soul rests, and insist upon Good works as theonly conclusive evidence, that theprofessor of religion can give of his having the faith of god's elect. The style, though destitute of taste and elegance, is perspicuous and pointed. The attentive reader cannot mistake themeaning of the author. We recommend the book to those who are desirous of benig humbled and sanctified, as an excellent help in their endeavors to live to him who died for them.
New York 1815

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