The Infamous Life of John Church, the St. George's Fields Preacher: From His Infancy Up to His Trial and Conviction, With His Confession, Sent in a Letter to the Rev. Mr. L--, Two Days After His Attack on Adam Foreman, at Vauxhall, With Clerical Remarks by the Same Gentleman; to Which Is Added, His Love Epistles to E**** B****. Together With Various Other Letters, Particularly One to Cook, of Vere-Street Notoriety. — John Shaqi
The Infamous Life of John Church, the St. George's Fields Preacher: From His Infancy Up to His Trial and Conviction, With His Confession, Sent in a Letter to the Rev. Mr. L--, Two Days After His Attack on Adam Foreman, at Vauxhall, With Clerical Remarks by the Same Gentleman; to Which Is Added, His Love Epistles to E**** B****. Together With Various Other Letters, Particularly One to Cook, of Vere-Street Notoriety.Anonymous
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The Infamous Life of John Church, the St. George's Fields Preacher: From His Infancy Up to His Trial and Conviction, With His Confession, Sent in a Letter to the Rev. Mr. L--, Two Days After His Attack on Adam Foreman, at Vauxhall, With Clerical Remarks by the Same Gentleman; to Which Is Added, His Love Epistles to E**** B****. Together With Various Other Letters, Particularly One to Cook, of Vere-Street Notoriety.
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Church, J. (John), approximately 1780-approximately 1825; Church, J. (John), approximately 1780-approximately 1825 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Sodomy) -- England
I remain unalterably thy dear thy loving friend,
J. CHURCH.
The following, without a date, was written by Church to Mr. B. who
received it on or about the 15th day of March, 1809:—
DEAR SIR—Is this thy kindness to thy once professed much loved
friend, surely I never, never did deserve such cruel treatment at
your hands; why not speak to me last night in James-street when you
heard me call, Stop! stop! Ned! do, pray do: but cruel, cruel Ned,
deaf to all intreaties—O why was I permitted to pass the door of Mr.
Gibbons when you and West were coming out. Why was I permitted to
tramp up and down the New Cut after you; I wanted to speak one bitter
heart breaking painful distressing word, farewell: I only wanted to
pour my sorrows into your bosom, to shake hands with you once more,
but I was denied this indulgence. I never, never thought you would
deceive me—O what an unhappy man am I; the thing that I most feared
is come upon me, no excuse can justify such apparent duplicity; O my
distress is great indeed. O my God! what shall I do? O Christ! O
God! support me in this trying hour, what a night am I passing
through; I cannot sleep, its near three o’clock; alas! sleep is
departed, how great my grief, how bitter my sorrows, the loss of my
character is nothing to the loss of one dearer to me than any thing
else. O let me give vent to tears; but I am too, too much distressed
to cry; O that I could. I feel this like a dagger; never, never can
I forgive the unhappy instrument of my distress in Charlotte-street.
Why did my dear friend Edward deceive me? O how my mind was eased on
Wednesday night; alas, how distressed on Thursday. I have lost my
only bosom friend, nearest dearest friend, bosom from bosom torn, how
horrid. Ah, dear Suffolk-court, never surely can I see you again.
How the Philistines will triumph; there, so would we have it: how
Ebeir, Calvin, Thompson, Edwards, Bridgman, all will rejoice, and I
have lost my friend, my all in this world, except the other part of
myself, my wife, and poor babes; never did I expect this from my dear
E— B—. O for a clam mind, that I might sleep till day light; but no,
this I fear will be denied me. How can I bear the piercing thought,
parted; a dreadful word, worst of sensations, the only indulgence,
the only confident, the only faithful, the only kind and indulgent
sympathising friend, to lose you. O what a stroke; O what a cut,
what shall I do for matter on Sunday; O that I could get some one to
preach for me, how can I lift up my head. O Sir, if you have a grain
of affection left for me, do intreat of God to support me; this is a
worse affliction than the loss of my character nine months ago. A
man cannot lose his character twice.
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