I send a copy of the _Preface_ as well as of the _Dedication_,
that you may form some idea of the work you are pleased to
patronize.
Northumberland Jan. 25, 1803.
Dear Sir,
As you were pleased to think favourably of my pamphlet entitled
_Socrates and Jesus compared_, I take the liberty to send you a
_defence_ of it. My principal object, you will perceive, was to
lay hold of the opportunity, given me by Mr. B. Linn, to excite
some attention to doctrines which I consider as of peculiar
importance in the Christian system, and which I do not find to
have been discussed in this country.
The Church History is, I hope, by this time in the hands of the
bookseller at Philadelphia, so that you will soon, if my
directions have been attended to, receive a copy of the work which
I have the honour to dedicate to you.