Religion & Morality Vindicated, Against Hypocrisy and Pollution: Or, an Account of 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 Is Annexed, a Fac-simile of a Letter, Written by Him to James Cook, Who Kept the Infamous House in Vere-street. — John Shaqi
Religion & Morality Vindicated, Against Hypocrisy and Pollution: Or, an Account of 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 Is Annexed, a Fac-simile of a Letter, Written by Him to James Cook, Who Kept the Infamous House in Vere-street.Bell, Robert
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Religion & Morality Vindicated, Against Hypocrisy and Pollution: Or, an Account of 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 Is Annexed, a Fac-simile of a Letter, Written by Him to James Cook, Who Kept the Infamous House in Vere-street.
Bell, Robert
Church, J. (John), approximately 1780-approximately 1825 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Sodomy) -- England
was going away,
he came to the bar and spoke to me, and said I must take something to
drink, which I did, and he paid for it, and left the house for that
time. In a few days he called again in the afternoon, and there was
not many people there, he asked if Yardly was at home, I said he was
not, he said he was very sorry for it, I asked him what he wanted, he
said he came on purpose for me to take a walk with him, but I did not
go, he said he would wait until Yardly came in, Church said I should
do him a great favor if I would take a walk with him, I would not go,
he still pressed me very much to go, I said I would if he would wait
till I had cleaned myself, he waited more than two hours for me, I
went to steep because I would not go with him, and in the mean time
he waited so long that he was tired, he sent the waiter to call me,
which he did, and said the Parson wanted me, and had been waiting two
hours for me, I said him wait, for I should not come, he returned and
said if I would but speak to him, he should go away happy. I found I
could not get rid of him, I went down stairs, he said well, Sir, I
hope your nap has done you good, I said I dont know, dont bother me,
he said I was very cross to him, I told him there was other men
without me, if he wanted to preach, not to preach to me about
crossness. He said well if that was the case he was very sorry he
had offended me, I told him he had not offended me nor pleased me,
but as I was not well and the less any one talked to me the better I
liked it. He said if I was but friends with him, and shake hands
with him, he should go away happy. Mr. Yardly said, I never see such
a fellow as I was, for I had affronted every body that came to the
house. I then shook hands with the Parson, for at that time I did
not know his name. He shook hands with me, and we had something to
drink, and Mr. Church paid for it and went away. I never saw him
until I came out of Newgate, I was talking to Mr. and Mrs. Holloway,
and telling them there was a Parson somewhere about St. George’s
Fields, but his name I did not know. He asked me if I should know
him if I saw him, I said I should, by that I went to the Chapel and
saw Mr. Church, and then I asked the people what was the Parson’s
name, they told me his name was Church. I said he ought to be
ashamed of himself to preach there, a *** and rascal, and left the
place, and went home in the greatest pains I ever felt in my life,
and was resolved to see him, which I did the next day, and give him
one of the hand-bills, and the manner he received me, was like a
young man would his sweetheart, I begun my conversation:—Well, Sir, I
suppose you do not know me. He said he did not. I said my name was
Cook, that kept the Swan, in Vere street. He said he thought so, but
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