on the following question, "Ought the conduct of Mr. Carlile, the bookseller, in continuing to publish Paine's Age of Reason, and other deistical works, notwithstanding the numerous prosecutions instituted against him, to be censured as a serious aggravation of his offence, and an obstinate defiance of the established religion of his country; or approved, as a striking instance of the rectitude of his intentions, and of this bold and manly perseverance in the cause of reason and truth.".