Transcribed from the [1813] R. Bell second edition by DavidPrice, Many thanks to the Bodleianand British Library for allowing their copies to beconsulted.
Second Edition.
RELIGION & MORALITY
VINDICATED,
AGAINST
Hypocrisy and Pollution;
OR,
AN ACCOUNTOF THE
LIFE AND CHARACTER
OF
John Church
THE
OBELISK PREACHER,
WHO WAS FORMERLY A FREQUENTER OF
VERE-STREET,
AND WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
UNNATURAL PRACTICES
IN VARIOUS PLACES.
TO WHICH ISANNEXED,
A Fac-simile of aLetter,
WRITTEN BY HIM TO JAMES COOK, WHO KEPTTHE
INFAMOUS HOUSE IN VERE-STREET.
LONDON:
Printed by and for R. Bell, Proprietor of the SundayDispatch,
Bride Lane, Fleet Street.
Sold by all the Booksellers andNewsvenders in Town and Country
p. 3TO THEPUBLIC.
THE following statements will fully explain the motives whichinduced the Editor to expose the crimes of the individual who isthe subject of them. The demand for those numbers of theWEEKLY DISPATCH in which they appeared, was so great, that manyhundreds of persons were unable to procure the papers, as no morecould be printed than those which were called for on the days ofpublication. The Editor, therefore, wishing to extend hisefforts in defence of religion and morality as widely aspossible, by holding up to all mankind a true picture of ablasphemous hypocrite who is a contemner of the one and aviolator of the other, has thought it advisable to publish thewhole of his narratives and remarks in a separate pamphlet; towhich are subjoined many additional facts that could not appearin a Sunday Paper. The reason this publication has been solong delayed was, in expectation that JohnChurch would have been brought to trial in the beginningof June, p. 4foran abominable offence with which he stands charged and committed,but as there is some reason to suspect that this trial will beput off even at the ensuing Sessions for the County of Middlesex,the public curiosity cannot be kept any longer unsatisfied.
June 30, 1813.
p. 5JOHNCHURCH,
THE OBELISK PREACHER.
Extract from the Weekly Dispatch of April 18.
Among the various duties of anewspaper editor, one of the most arduous is, that of determiningwhat sort of domestic events it may be useful to cover over witha veil of silence, and what sort are they, of which theco