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.

The 2. Paragraph. The Rhemistes corrupted for the Churches inuisibility.

Now to the next point which consisteth in the man∣tayning of a Mathematicall, aety, & inuisible Church: for the vphoulding whereof among others he strength∣neth his cause with the supposed confession of the Rhe∣mistes, thus bringing the whole Colledg of Rhemes v∣pon the stage to speake in the dialect of protestantes: and so sorteably thereto he styleth that page 88. and some other pages in this maner. The Papists also say the Church it inuisible. The words wherwith he chargeth thē in this point are these, vpon the 2. Thes. ca. 2. It is very lyke (be it spoken vnder the correction of Gods Church and all learned Catholickes) that this great defection or re∣uolt, shall not be onely from the Romane Empyre, but especi∣ally from the Romane Church, and withall from most pointes of Christian Religion: for that neare to the tyme of Anti∣christ and the consummation of the worlde, there is lyke to be a great reuolt of Kingdomes, People, and Prouinces from the externall open obedience and communion thereof. For the few dayes of Antichrists reigne, the externall state of the Romane Church, and the publick entercourse of the faith∣full with the same may cease.

Here good Reader let me entreate thee to arest & stay thyne eye and iudgment a whyle, to obserue what strange corruptions he is forced to practise before he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 make an Israelite to speake a Babilonians language. This place as you fynd it here vrged, beareth a faire show to

proue by the Rhemistes confession, that the Church may somtymes be inuisible: and yet in this very place being truly set downe in their owne wordes, they doe affirme that the Church shall at no tyme be inuisible. Theire true wordes are these. It is very lyke (be it spo∣ken vnder correction of Gods Church and all learned Catho∣lickes) that this great defection and reuolt, shall not be one∣ly from the Romane Empyre, but especially from the Ro∣mane Church, and withall from most pointes of Christian re∣ligion (not that the Catholick Christians either in the tyme of Antichrist or before, shall refuse to obey the same, but) for that neare to the tyme of Antichrist and consummation of the worlde, there is lyke to be a greate reuolt of Kingdomes, people, and Prouinces, from the open externall obedience & communion thereof. &c. when for the few dayes of Anti∣christes reigne, the externall state of the Romane Church, and publick entercourse of the faithfull with the same way cease (yet the due honour and obedience of Christians towar∣des it, and Communion in heart with it, and practise there∣of in secret and open confession thereof (if occasion requyre) shall not cease, no more then it doth now in the Christians of Cyprus and other places where open entercourse is forbidden.

Here now the parcels of this testimony which are purposly omitted, do show that the Rhemistes do euen peremptorily affirme that gods Church shall neuer (no not in the tyme of Antichristes greatest persecutions) be latent and inuisible. Thus doth our M. you see v∣pon a sudaine breake of with the Rhemistes in alled∣ging their wordes: yet after some lyne or two curteous∣ly ioyneth with them againe, and then after that once more vnkindly leaues them to them selues: & all this in one poore testimony. And here good reader thou art to take notice of an other sleight of our mini∣ster touching this particuler place. For whereas he in the first Edition of his booke, which I here folow, set∣teth

downe the Rhemistes wordes, as thou seest aboue, in no sorte intimating that any one word of their said testimony is pretermitted: he in some other of his E∣ditions (as it should seme being aduertised that this his egregious corruption was espyed by his aduersaries, & thought therefore in some sort to salue the matter) haith at the last wordes where he breaketh of from the rest of the whole sentence, added a virgula, or lyne as this,—ingeniously forsoth to acknowledge that he omitteth some part of the sentence. But this I say auaileth him nothing: for first it doth not warrant his sincerity in his first Edition. Againe, though in al∣ledging of a testimony we are not bound to set down e∣uery word thereof, yet (as I haue before premonished) that which is omitted ought to be impertinent to the mayne point for which the testimony is produced. But subtily to pretermit with an &c. or some such like marck, that which punctually doth touch or explicate the true sence of the sentence alledged, & that direct∣ly contrary to that construction there pretended (as here it falleth out: it is no lesse then most impious cor∣rupting and corrading of other mens writinges. And therfore I say M. Whyte is nothing aduantaged here∣by, but doth for the tyme plaster one euill with an other euill: but no meruell, for it is a high mistery a∣mongst heritikes to support deceipt with deceipt, till at the length all do tumble downe with it owne weight, and so erit nouissimus error petor priori. Mat. 7.