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 8. Vntruth. Against the vnity of Catholickes in matters of Faith.

Page. 153. The Doctor seing his owne sinagogue torne in sonder with diuisions and contentions (how∣soeuer he slubered the matter ouer before with his faire pretence of concord) and well knowing how preiudiciall the want of vnity is to the true Religion of Christ. s For God is not a God of dissention, but of peace; doth maliceously endeuour, to cast the lyke as∣persion vpon our Catholick Church in these wordes. These which know Rome and papistry, are sufficiently satis∣fyed in this matter, to wit, that the papistes liue not in that vnity which is pretended. & thē p. 156. he telleth of what kynd these disagreementes are saying. The contentions of our aduersaries touch the faith. And pag. 159, he concludeth in these wordes. Thus are the pa∣pistes deuyded about the principall articles of their faith.

Vpon which subiect, he then after with much ear∣nestnes, vainely and idly spendeth dyuers leaues, brin∣ging therein euen obtorto cullo, whatsoeuer he haith read or heard touching the least disagreement among the Catholickes, which labour of his, will serue no doubt, to a iudiceous eye, lyke to the spyders web, painfully wrought, but to no purpose.

Wherefore I will breefly make plaine how free we are from all breach of faith euen by the acknowledg∣ment of the protestantes them selues. First then D. Whitaker wounding him self and his cause by his con∣fession, saith. t Nostrae contentiones (si quae sint) sunt piae, et modestae, propter fidem, & propter religionem &c. Contentiones papistarum sunt friuolae & futiles, de fig∣mentis et commentis sui cerebri. Our contentions (if there be any) are godly and modest, touching faith and religion: wheras the contentions of the papistes, are but tryflinge, concerning the fictions of their owne brayne. Thus graun∣ting the dissentions of the protestantes more nearly to concerue faith and religion, then the dissentions among the Catholickes do.

Doctor Fulke saith of our vnity in this sort. v As for the consent of the popish Church, it proueth nothing but that the deuill then had all thinges at his will and might sleepe; So acknowledging our vnity truly; but falsly and absurdly ascrybing it to the deuill who is the de∣signed enemy to vnity.

To be short Duditius a famous protestant and high∣ly respected by Beza, doth no lesse acknowledg the vnity of our Catholick Church, for thus doth Beza u relate Duditius his woordes. Etsi (inquis) multa ea{que} horrenda propugnantur in Romana Ecclesia &c. Although many dreadfull thinges are defended in the Romane Church, which are buylded vpon a weake and rotten foundation, not∣withstanding

that Church is not deuyded with many dissen∣tions: for it haith the plausible shew of reuerent Antiqui∣ty, ordinary s••ccession, and perpetuall consent &c.

Thus Duditius related by Beza, and not impug∣ned herein by him.

Now here we are to note, that the testimonies of these and other protestantes (here omitted) acknow∣ledging our vnity and consent, must necessarily be vn∣derstoode touching vnity in the misteries, and other fundamentall poyntes of our Religion, which is the thing onely that we are here to mantaine, since if v∣nity alone about pointes of indifferency, or of thinges not defyned should be ment by them, then in reguard of many such disputable questions yet among the schole men; the former iudgmentes of our aduersaries should be false and not iustifiable. And thus much for this poynt; from whence the Doctor may learne that a∣mong those which are true Catholickes, vnity of doc∣trine is most religiously obserued, since such not o∣uer partially resting in their owne natiue iudgmentes, to what way soeuer they be inclyning, do most dili∣gently follow, the supreme resolution & current of the Church: in part resembling herein the inferiour orbes which with greater speede, sedulity, and expedition, performe the reuolutions of the highest Spheare wher∣unto they are subiect: then they do accomplish their owne naturall & perticuler motions.

Notes

• s

  1. Cor. 15.
• t

  de Eccl. cont. Bell. contro. 2. q. 5. p 227.
• v

  Againste 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Sand. &c. 295.
• u

  Beza in Ep. theol. ad An∣draeam Dudit. Fp. 1. pa. 13