"
More went to a door which was guarded on the outside by soldiers,
and gave an order.
"You examine him, and I will listen," said the Cardinal.
After a time Bainham was brought into the room in chains.
More sat at the end of a table, and commenced.
"James Bainham, can you declare your belief in a few words?"
"I believe in God's Word--_i.e._ the whole of Holy Scripture."
"Do you really--in the Old as well as the New Testament?"
"In both."
"In the Old also?"
"In both."
"Very well, then, you believe in the Old Testament. Now, you have
had yourself baptized again, for the Bible says, 'Go, and teach
all nations and baptize them.' Good. But have you had yourself
circumcised, as the Bible commands?"
Bainham looked confounded, and the Cardinal had to turn his head,
in order not to smile.
"I am not an Israelite," answered Bainham.
"No! but Nathanael, who sought our Saviour and believed on him, was
called by John 'an Israelite indeed.' If you are not an 'Israelite
indeed,' you are not a Christian."
"I cannot answer that."
"No, you cannot answer, but you can preach and talk rubbish. Are you
a Lutheran?"
"Yes."
"But Luther is against the Anabaptists; therefore he is against you,
and he has asked the princes to kill the Anabaptists like wild dogs.
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