evil to good may indeed use to His giory even
this terrible and wicked book.
It has cost me much to read it ; to meditate
on it has been a terrible shame and trial;
to issue it, much against my own poor human
judgment, in obedience to His will, has been
a still harder task; were it permitted me to
ask a recompense, I would ask none but that
of His divine blessing upon my fellow-labourers
in His great field.
The Manuscript