human
But how, Mr Marshall, if the Church cast you forth?
gpt
Then must I needs go, he answered with a smile.
human
But that, look you, were not my deed, nor should I be responsible for it before God. So long as I break not her laws, she hath no right to eject me; and so long as she abideth in the truth, I have no right to desert her.
gpt
But the bishops abide not in the truth, as I take it.
human
The bishops be not the Church, replied he.
gpt
Let the Articles and Homilies be changed, with evil tendency, and then that is to change the Church. I go forth of her then at once; for she should be no longer the Church of my faith, to which I sware obedience, and she hath not that right over me to require me to change with her. But so long as these are left unaltered, what matter though bishops change? They are not immortal: and very sure am I they are not infallible.
human
What think you, Mother?
gpt
Children, replied Lady Louvaine, laying down her knitting in her lap,
human
I can get no further at this present than one line of Saint John: `He Himself knew what He would do.' I do not know what He will do. It may be, as it then was, something that none of all His disciples can guess. One step at a time is all He allows us to see, and all He bids us take. `He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out'; but also, `He goeth before them.' At times He leads them, I think, outside the fold; and if He is outside, and we hear His voice, we must needs go to Him. Yet is this rare, and we should make very sure that it is from without we hear the familiar voice, and not rush forth in haste when He may be calling from within. Let us know that He is on the road before us, and then we need have no fear to run fast, no doubt whither the road will lead. There be some sheep in such haste to run that they must needs go past the Shepherd; and then have they no longer a leader, and are very like to miss the right way.
gpt
You have the right, Lady Louvaine, said Mr Marshall.
human
Ay, she answered: