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fulke_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o a_o counterfeit_n cathol_n p._n â—i_o church_n decâ—yed_v immediate_o after_o the_o apostle_n day_n furthermore_o to_o enlarge_v myself_o in_o the_o protestant_n confession_n herein_o m._n perkins_n the_o protestant_n say_v thus_o before_o 400._o before_o perkins_n in_o his_o exposition_n of_o the_o creed_n p._n 400._o the_o day_n of_o luther_n for_o the_o space_n of_o many_o hundred_o year_n a_o universal_a apostasy_n overspread_v the_o whole_a face_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o our_o church_n be_v not_o then_o visible_a to_o the_o world_n m._n napper_n in_o like_a manner_n thus_o write_v god_n 25._o god_n napper_n upon_o revel_v in_o c._n 11._o &_o 12._o l._n 2._o c._n 2._o p._n 25._o have_v withdraw_v his_o visible_a church_n from_o open_a assemb_v ie_n to_o the_o heart_n of_o particular_a godly_a man_n etc._n etc._n during_o the_o space_n of_o 〈◊〉_d hundred_o &_o sixty_o year_n the_o true_a church_n abide_v â—â—tâ—nt_a &_o invisible_a but_o m._n 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