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A85263 The wandring bird's wings clipt: or, A reply to Benjamin Bird Catholick his pagan designs. Field, John, 1652-1723. 1695 (1695) Wing F867A; ESTC R177047 6,147 8

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THE Wandring Bird's Wings Clipt Or A REPLY to Benjamin Bird Catholick HIS PAGAN DESIGNS As a Bird that wandereth from her Nest so is the Man that wandereth from his Place Prov. 27. 8. As the Birds that are caught in the Snare so are the Sons of Men s 〈…〉 d in an evil time when it falleth suddenly upon them Eccles 9. 12. THE Love I bear to the precious Truth and the sincere Professors thereof with the hearty Desire I have That all Men might come to the knowledge of the Truth and be Saved Are strong inducements unto me when I have seen both it and the Professors thereof misrepresented to use my small Endeavours to shew wherein And wipe off that Dirt they throw upon us that we may appear as we really are And doubt not but all that with an unprejudiced and Impartial mind will like the Noble Bereans of Old search the Holy Scriptures and compare our Christian Doctrines therewith will find we do not hold any that 's contrary thereunto Neither do we desire any should receive any Doctrine we hold but what 's agreeable to those Holy Writings of which we do in Sincerity declare we have a very Honourable Esteem and account the Writings of the Old and New Testament the best in all the World And now to this Author's Pamphlet I Reply I. I know no Quaker that hath any Pagan Designs to draw People off from the Scriptures as B. Bird that writes himself Catholick doth falsly affirm in his Title Page and I charge it on him as a false and gross Slander and let him read Prov. 10. 18. What he is that uttereth that and remember it s said Psal 101. 5. That who so privily slanders his Neighbour him will I cut off But he goes on and adds To something above them which is in every Man c. What is this an Offence to Labour that People may be gathered unto Christ which is above the Scriptures and to turn them from Satan's Power to God's and his Spirit in their Hearts when it is not For that end that any should slight or despise the Holy Scriptures but by that which is above them and by which the Holy Men wrote them they might come rightly to understand and have the Comfort of them and if this be Pagan or to be Vile we may say with David we will be yet more Vile Pag. 2. He saith Thou takest pains to prove that Men may live without Sin II. And is this a Crime to shew and prove from Scripture that Men may by Christ that had no Sin be saved from their Sins and by him and through his Grace and Spirit be enabled and taught to live without Sin or a daily breaking God's Commands in opposition to his Sin pleasing Doctrine of its being impossible while Men are here to keep God's Commands Let all that Read this consider who is most to be blamed I for advising him in my former page 5. seriously to consider the Evil Consequences of that Doctrine viz. That it 's impossible while Men are here to keep God's Commands and for my shewing it was contrary to Christ's saying and the Apostle Paul and John's Doctrine Or he for saying it 's impossible to keep God's Commands and that M●n may not live without Sin as if it was contrary to the Duty they owe to God Surely this Man hath either forgot his Catechism or doth not believe what therein is declared in Answer to the Question What is thy Duty towards God Answ My Duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my Heart with all my Mind with all my Soul and with all my Strength to Worship him to give him Thanks to put my whole Trust in him to call upon him to Honour his Holy Name and his Word and to serve him truly all the days of my Life Mind the Catechism saith its Man's Duty to serve God truly all the days of Man's Life But B. B. saith we may not live without Sin its impossible to keep God's Commands why because we may not live without Sin saith B. B What is there a necessity for it then B. B. saith its impossible and doth not that imply a necessity For of necessity that must be left undone that its impossible for Man to do Moreover this Man answered none of my former Instances I brought for Proofs nor brings none himself for what he asserteth but his Ipse Dixit Page 2. He saith The Book of Common-Prayer doth not favour my Opinion III. But answered not any thing I brought out of the Common-Prayer Doth he think because he hath added Catholick after his Name I must conclude he cannot Err. If so I answer no no such matter for I have shewn his Errour as those that Read my Reply may see And for his Flout at me saying If I have no Sin to confess I have the more for that I shall only answer that I own Confession of Sin but shall not confess mine to him whom I esteem not sit to be my Confessor Page 2. He saith Tho' all Men are Sinners yet good Men that confess and forsake their Sins shall find Mercy and God hath made them accepted in the Beloved This Doctrine your Friends on the other side the water cannot swallow and though you disown them you have been abused by them The Jesuits brag they have been Twenty Years bringing you into Shape IV. I find that we are abused by B. B. and if he through his intimacy which the Jesuits knows we have been abused by them why is he so ready to follow their Practice but that confirms the Proverb like to like Howbeit if those he calls our Friends and I call his Companions for he writes himself Catholick do not believe that all Men by Nature are Children of Wrath and Sinners and that good Men that confess and forsake their Sins find Mercy and through Faith and Obedience are made accepted in the Beloved I say they that do not own this are none of our Friends nor of our Mind But if B. B. shews or any for him that any are in the Beloved but new Creatures and that those that are Born of God and made new Creatures may not live without Sin and that its impossible for them to be other than Sinners all their days and yet are accepted in Christ let him if he can prove this tr●e and according to Holy Scripture The next thing I take notice of is his Reflection and false Affirmation which for want of Proof he often makes use of shewing thereby he 's wholly barren of real Proofs unless it be of his own folly in which he abounds Page 2. During King James's short Reign in Ireland though Protestants of all perswasions were misused yet the Quakers were friendly dealt with a sign saith he the Papists know you better than you know your selves V. Poor B. B. by this appears no true Catholick altho' he assumed that Name for he is