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A15732 Whyte dyed black. Or A discouery of many most foule blemishes, impostures, and deceiptes, which D. Whyte haith practysed in his book entituled The way to the true Church Deuyded into 3 sortes Corruptions, or deprauations. Lyes. Impertinencies, or absurd reasoninges. Writen by T.W. p. And dedicated to the Vniuersity of Cambridge. Cum priuilegio. Worthington, Thomas, 1549-1627. 1615 (1615) STC 26001; ESTC S120302 117,026 210

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haith_fw-mi be_v no_o where_o external_a and_o visible_a now_o during_o all_o these_o age_n when_o be_v m._n w._n company_n of_o man_n visible_o profess_v the_o same_o faith_n that_o he_o do_v final_o d._n fulke_n though_o not_o acknowledge_v so_o great_a a_o invisibility_n yet_o write_v 16._o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o boniface_n the_o three_o which_o be_v anno_fw-la 607._o the_o church_n be_v invisible_a and_o flee_v into_o wilderness_n there_o to_o remain_v a_o long_a season_n to_o these_o testimony_n we_o may_v add_v the_o former_a heretofore_o allege_v touch_v their_o church_n not_o be_v upon_o the_o first_o revolt_n of_o luther_n from_o all_o which_o it_o be_v inevitable_o conclude_v against_o this_o our_o architect_n of_o lie_n that_o the_o protestant_n imaginary_a church_n consist_v of_o airy_a supposale_n of_o certain_a invisibiliste_n have_v no_o subsist_v or_o be_v in_o the_o world_n for_o these_o last_o thousand_o year_n at_o the_o least_o before_o the_o apostasy_n of_o 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