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the old Testament according to the tenor and effect following that
is to say I know of no publication that ever came under my view
that had a tendency to derogate the character of the Deity so much
as that which we know to be industriously circulated by the Clergy
and their adherents namely what they call the Bible or old Testament
(meaning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old
Testament) In contempt of our said Lord the King and his Laws To
the evil example of all others and against the Peace of our said
Lord the King his Crown and Dignity.

6th Count. And the said Attorney General of our said Lord
the King for our said Lord the King further gives the Court here
to understand and be informed that the said Philip Francis being
a wicked impious and ill disposed person and having no
regard for the Laws and Religion of this Realm but most wickedly
impiously blasphemously and profanely devising and intending
to asperse and vilify the Christian Religion and to bring
the Christian Religion into disbelief and contempt amongst the
Liege subjects of our said Lord the King on the Thirteenth day of
September in the Fifty ninth year of the Reign aforesaid at the
Parish aforesaid in the County of Surrey aforesaid did publish
and cause to be published a certain other scandalous impious
blasphemous and profane libel containing therein amongst
other things divers scandalous impious blasphemous and
profane matters and things of and concerning the Christian Religion
according to the Tenor and effect following that is to say As the
Extinction of Religion has been hinted at by this Grand Jury it may
not be premature here to make a frank and candid avowal that
it is my opinion that morality would increase in a ratio with
the decrease of Religion (meaning the Christian Religion) I for one
do boldly affirm not only my opinion but my firm and deliberate
conviction that all and every species of Religion is an imposture
and fraud practised by base and designing Men on the credulous
part of Mankind and that such base and designing men have
never hesitated to support it by force and violence whenever reason
has been opposed to it And that instead of its being necessary
to propagate good morals among mankind it is the very
bane of morality and civilization. In Contempt of our said Lord
the King and his Laws. To the evil example of all others and
against the peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and
Dignity.

7th. Count. And the said Attorney General of our said
Lord the King gives the Court here further to understand and
be informed that the Philip Francis being a wicked impious
and ill disposed person and having no regard for the
Laws and Religion of this Realm but most wickedly impiously
blasphemously and profanely devising and intending to asperse
and vilify the Christian Religion and to bring the Christian Religion
into disbelief and contempt amongst the liege subjects
of our said Lord the King on the Thirteenth day of September
in the Fifty ninth year of the Reign aforesaid at the Parish
? in the County of Surrey aforesaid did publish and cause
and procure to be published a certain other scandalous impious
and profane libel containing therein, amongst other
things divers scandalous impious blasphemous and profane
matters and things of and concerning the Christian
Religion

Identifier: | JB/137/056/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	056	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d7 e7 / d8 e8
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1818
Notes public		ID Number	46773
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