text:  With what a zeal did I attempt to follow in my patron's steps--with what enthusiasm did I begin the course which his sanction had legalized and rendered holy--and how without a doubt as to my title or a reflection on the propriety of the step impelled by religious fervour did I assume the tone and authority of a teacher and arrogate to myself the right of determining the designs of the Omnipotent and of appointing the degree of holy warmth below which no believer could be sure of forgiveness and salvation! In no transaction of my life have I ever been more sincere--have I acted with a more decided assurance of the justice and necessity of the task than at this critical moment of my career