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.

A journalistic pamphlet compiles inquiries, witness accounts, and reproduced correspondence to accuse a chapel preacher of immoral conduct and of associations with a notorious housekeeper. The editor defends publication as a duty to public morals when legal avenues appear uncertain, recounting magistrates’ involvement, community investigation, and facsimiles of letters presented as evidence. The material alternates factual narration and moral commentary, seeking to expose alleged hypocrisy by contrasting the preacher’s religious role with the behavior attributed to him and urging public awareness where private misconduct might otherwise remain concealed.