If there were real reason for apprehension he would follow the runagate to the Continent, but he would not do this without absolute knowledge.

They ſhall recover the miſattended vvords of Chriſt to the ſincerity of their true ſenſe from manifold contradictions, and ſhall open them vvith the key of charity.

an off-and-on kind of chap

Mike's a conspiracy theorist; he thinks NASA faked the moon landings.