Gerhardt’s reply on this head was so satisfactory that the Bishop of Worcester—not long appointed—whispered to his brother of Winchester, “The man is all right!”
“Wait,” returned the more experienced and pugnacious prelate. “We have not come to the crux yet.”
“You call yourselves Christians, then?” resumed Lincoln.
“Certainly we are Christians, and revere the doctrines of the Apostles.”
“What say you of the remedies for sin?”
“I know of one only, which is the blood of Christ our Lord.”
“How!—are the sacraments no remedies?”
“Certainly not.”
“Is sin not remitted in baptism?”
“No.”