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"He has already had that," answered More, "but besides his doctrine, this conceited man, who wants to make himself popular, belongs to a society which circulates a bad translation of the Bible." "You see yourself," he continued, turning to Bainham, "what Bible reading leads to, and I demand that you give up the names of your fellow-criminals." "That I will never do!
Ignoramuses and lunatics must not come forward and sniff at the State religion, be it better or worse." "Let Bainham come, and we will hear him." 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.
Bainham had challenged suspicion by marrying the widow of Simon Fish, the author of the famous Beggars' Petition, who had died in 1528; and, soon after his marriage, was challenged to give an account of his faith.
"Logic is not his strong point, and his comparisons halt on crutches. In his answer to the Pope's excommunication, he writes, among other things: 'If a hay-cart must move out of the way of a drunken man, how much more must Peter and Jesus Christ keep out of the way of the Pope?" "That is a pretty simile! Let us return to James Bainham."
IV. p. 649. Articles against James Bainham: Foxe, Vol. IV. p. 703. Foxe, Vol. IV. p. 702. Foxe, Vol. IV. p. 705. Foxe, Vol. IV. p. 694. Hall, p. 806; and see Foxe, Vol. IV. p. 705. Instructions given by the Bishop of Salisbury: Burnet's Collectanea, p. 493. From a Letter of Robert Gardiner: Foxe, Vol. IV. p. 706. Latimer's Sermons, p. 101. Latimer speaks of sons and daughters. Sermons, p. 101.
"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.
"Little" Bilney, or "Saint" Bilney, a distinguished Cambridge student, was burnt as a heretic at the stake, as were James Bainham, a barrister of the Middle Temple, and several other members of the "association." These were the first paladins of the reformation, and the struggle went bravely forward.
James Bainham was a lawyer, and Foxe declares that he was whipped at the Tree of Truth in Mores garden, and was then sent to the Tower to be racked, "and so he was, Sir Thomas More being present himself, till in a manner he had lamed him."
While men like Bilney and Bainham were teaching with words and writings, there were stout English hearts labouring also on the practical side of the same conflict, instilling the same lessons, and meeting for themselves the same consequences. Speculative superstition was to be met with speculative denial. Practical idolatry required a rougher method of disenchantment.
While men like Bilney and Bainham were teaching with words and writings, there were stout English hearts labouring also on the practical side of the same conflict, instilling the same lessons, and meeting for themselves the same consequences. Speculative superstition was to be met with speculative denial. Practical idolatry required a rougher method of disenchantment.
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