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[220] Isaiah 1:11.
[221] Jeremiah 6:20.
[222] Amos 5:21, 22.
[223] Apol. des Gr. Hommes, p. 192
[224] Gen. 12:2. 22:17. 28:14. Exod. 23:25-27; Deut. 7:14; Gen. 26:3; Deut. 26:19; Gen. 26:24; Deut. 15:4; Exod. 20:24; Gen. 28:14; Gen. 17:7, 13, 15, 18:18; Psal. 110:3.
[225] Gen. 13:15, 17:8, 35:12.
[226] 2 Peter 1:19.
[227] Ibid. 21.
[228] Viri illusores, as one of these supposed prophets put it.
[229] Isaiah 28:14; Jude 18.
[230] Zeph. 3:4.
[231] Ezek. 12:1-4.
[232] Ezek. 13: 6, 8, 9.
[233] Jerem. 23:11.
[234] 21.
[235] 13.
[236] 14.
[237] Jerem. 23:15.
[238] Jerem. 27:15.
[239] Jerem. 27:9.
[240] Jerem. 29:8.
[241] Lament. 2:14.
[242] Matt. 24:4, 11, 24, 25.
[243] Deut. 13:1, 5.
[244] Deut. 18:15, 18-20.
[245] Num. 12:5-8.
[246] Gen. 15:1-17.
[247] Gen. 22:3.
[248] Gen. 46:2.
[249] I Paral. 17:3-14.
[250] Isaiah 1:1.
[251] Jerem. 14:14.
[252] Job 33:15.
[253] 2 Cor. 12:2.
[254] Receuil des Con. Tom. 5, pag. 201.
[255] Kings 18:19, 22, 40.
[256] Deut. 18:20.
[257] Ibid. 22.
[258] Jerem. 28:9.
[259] Psalm 130:7
[260] Psalm 111:7,9
[261] Ps. 96:11,12
[262] Psalm 22:27-30.
[263] Isaiah 11:12.
[264] Isaiah 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 17, 18.
[265] Isaiah 35:4-10.
[266] Isaiah 40:1,10,11.
[267] Isaiah 45:17.
[268] Isaiah 62:1.
[269] Isaiah 43:25
[270] Isaiah 54.
[271] Isaiah 60.
[272] Isaiah 62.
[273] Isaiah 65:17-25.
[274] John 16:20.
[275] Matt. 10:17, Luke 21:16, 17.
[276] Isaiah 66:11,16
[277] Isaiah 65:13, 14.
[278] Jerem. 3:15, 16, 17.
[279] Jerem. 30:8, 9, 10.
[280] Jerem. 31:7, 12.
[281] Jerem. 31:27-37.
[282] Jerem. 32:36.
[283] Jerem. 33: 6, 7, 8.
[284] Ezek. 28:25.
[285] Ezek. 39:25 ibid. 34:24, and 36:23.
[286] Ezekiel 39:25.
[287] Ezekiel 37:21.
[288] Jerem. 23:5, 6.
[289] Daniel 2:44 and 7:27 and 9:24.
[290] Hosea 3:4, 5.
[291] Hosea 2:18, 21, 22, 23, 24.
[292] Joel 2:18 and 3:19.
[293] Amos 9:13.
[294] Obadiah 17.
[295] Mich. 2:12 and 4:1.
[296] Mich. 5:6 and 7:18.
[297] Nahum 1:15.
[298] Zephaniah 3:14.
[299] Zach. 2:10; 9:9; 14:8.
[300] Zach. 8:7.
[301] 2 Sam. 7:12.
[302] Psalm 89:36.
[303] Psalm 72:1, 7, 9.
[304] Psalm 111:9. Isaiah 52:10.
[305] Isaiah 9:5, 6.
[306] Isaiah 11:1.
[307] Jerem. 33:14.
[308] Ezekiel 34:23, 24.
[309] Haggai 2:7-9.
[310] Zachar. 3:8, 6:12, 9:9.
[311] Malachi 3:1-4.
[312] Isaiah 46:13.
[313] Ezek. 12:23.
[314] How many histories, asks Montaigne, are there of similar cuckoldries, brought upon poor humans by Gods! In the Religion of Mohammed, many children turn up without any spiritual fathers, born divinely in the belly of virgins... Essays, book 2, ch. 12.
[315] Matt. 1:20 and Luke 1:30.
[316] Matt. 4:17.
[317] Matt. 6:33.
[318] Matt. 7:7-11.
[319] Matt. 10:8.
[320] Matt. 13:41.
[321] Matt. 16:18, 19.
[322] Matt. 16:27.
[323] Matt. 16:88.
[324] Matt. 19:28, 29.
[325] Matt. 20:25-27.
[326] Matt. 24.
[327] Matt. 28.
[328] Matt. 21:22 and Mark 11:23.
[329] Mark 16:17.
[330] Luke 1:46-53.
[331] Luke 1:68, 75.
[332] Luke 2:25.
[333] Luke 10:22.
[334] Matt: 10:19.
[335] Luke 22:30.
[336] John 1:12.
[337] John 1:51.
[338] John 4:21.
[339] John 5:25.
[340] John 6:40.
[341] John 6:48.
[342] John 7:37.
[343] John 10:30.
[344] John 10:30.
[345] John 11:25.
[346] John 16:20.
[347] John 12:32.
[348] Act. 1:11.
[349] Act. 13:32.
[350] 1 Cor. 15:21.
[351] 1 Cor. 15:21.
[352] 2 Cor. 5:17, 18, 19.
[353] Eph. 4:11-13.
[354] 2 Pet. 3. 9
[355] 2 Pet. 3:10.
[356] 1 John 5. 7-12.
[357] 1 Cor. 10:11.
[358] Hebr. 10:37.
[359] Rev. 1:1, 3:11.
[360] Rev. 5:8-10.
[361] Rev. 10:6.
[362] Rev. 11:15.
[363] Rev. 13:11-15.
[364] Rev. 21:1-5, 10, 18, 21, 22.
[365] Rev. 22:1-5, 16.
[366] Deut. 28:1, 11:13.
[367] Ezek. 18:21.
[368] Luke 1:32.
[369] Luke 2:32.
[370] Matt. 4:17.
[371] Matt. 6:25-34.
[372] Matt. 7:7, Luke 11:9, Mark 11:24, John 14:13, Matt. 17:20, Mark 11:23, Luke 17:6.
[373] Mark 16:17, 18.
[374] John 14:13.
[375] Matt. 18:19.
[376] Luke 11:13.
[377] Mark 11:23, 24.
[378] Matt. 16:19.
[379] Luke 22:30.
[380] Matt. 19:28, 29. Mark 10:29.
[381] John 8:51.
[382] Ibid. 6:54.
[383] Matt. 16:18.
[384] The Turkish Spy, Vol 6, Letter 6.
[385] Matt. 5:17.
[386] Acts 15:29.
[387] The Turkish Spy. Vol. 5, Letter 25.
[388] John 5:25.
[389] Matt. 10:19, Luke 12:11.
[390] Acts 5:41.
[391] John 14:6.
[392] John 11:25.
[393] John 8:51.
[394] Matt. 24:30, Luke 21:27.
[395] Matt. 24:34.
[396] Matt. 16:28. Mark 8:38.
[397] John 12:32.
[398] Rom. 5:17.
[399] 1 Cor. 15:51.
[400] 2 Pet. 3:13.
[401] Acts 13:32 and 10:42, 43. Christus nos redemit de maledicto legis… ut in Gentibus benedictio Abraham fieret in Christo Jesu… ut promissio ex fide Jesu Christi donetur credentibus. Gal. 3:13, 14, 22. At ubi venit plenitudo temporia misit Deus Filium tuum, ut vos, qui sub lege erant, redimeret. Gal. 4:4.
[402] Luke 1:67.
[403] Luke 1:68, etc.
[404] Acts 38:39.
[405] Luke 24:44.
[406] Novissimis diebus istis, locutus est nobis Deus in filio quem constituit haeredem universorum. Hebr. 1:2.
[407] Acts 1:6.
[408] 1 Cor. 10:1.
[409] Gal. 4:21.
[410] Rom. 9:6.
[411] Gal. 3:13.
[412] Eph. 1:13.
[413] Col. 2:3.
[414] Col. 3:1.
[415] 1 Cor. 2:6.
[416] 1 Cor. 9:11.
[417] Apol. T. 2, 350.
[418] Gen. 24.
[419] Sermon. 78 de temp.
[420] Gen. 24.
[421] Augustine, Epist. 157 and Serm. 78 temp.
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br /> [422] Gen. 27.
[423] Orig. hom. 5. Hilarius in Psalm 134. Ambrose. bk. 2 tit 5 contra Marcianum, and August. in several places.
[424] Gen. 27:28, 39.
[425] Gen. 28.
[426] Theod. Thers. and Aug. Serm. de temp.
[427] Prae consortibus suis. Aug. in Ps. 44 and Serm. de temp. 79.
[428] Justin. Dial. contra Triph. Hieron. Epist. 11.
[429] Gen. 37.
[430] Hieron. lib. 1 adversus Jovin. Tertullian, Lib. contra Jud. cap. 10, and lib. Marc contra cap. 18. Ambros. lib. De Joseph, and Aug. Serm. 81 de temp.
[431] Gen. 38:27.
[432] Ambros. lib. III in Lucam. Theodoret. Quest. 95 in. Gen.
[433] Gen. 39:7.
[434] Ruper. and Prosper.
[435] Gen. 40.
[436] Gen. 49.
[437] Greg. Amb. Theod.
[438] Exod. 2.
[439] Aug. Serm. 88 de temp. Isid. cap. 5 in Exod.
[440] Ex. 3:2.
[441] Ibid. 7.
[442] Exod. 12.
[443] 1 Cor. 5:7.
[444] Exod. 13:21.
[445] Exod. 15:25.
[446] Aug. Tert. Orig. Hier.
[447] Exod. 16.
[448] Ibid. 17:11.
[449] Justin contra Tripon.
[450] Exod. 23:19.
[451] Aug.
[452] Exod. 24:9.
[453] Aug.
[454] Exod. 26.
[455] Aug. Bern. and others.
[456] Greg.
[457] Exod. 26.
[458] Aug.
[459] Greg. hom.
[460] See Bede.
[461] Exod. 26.
[462] Red. Greg. Cir. Aug.
[463] Exod. 28.
[464] Hieron. Epist. 128. Joseph. Antiq. L. 3 C. 8. Bede, Greg.
[465] Ibid. 33:23.
[466] Aug.
[467] Lev. 1.
[468] Aug. Cir. Alex., and others.
[469] Ibid. 16, 10, 21.
[470] Aug.
[471] Ciril. Tertullian.
[472] Ibid. 19:19.
[473] Lev. 25:10.
[474] Num. 2.
[475] Aug. Orig.
[476] Num. 6.
[477] Cyril. Jerom. Amb.
[478] Aug. Rup.
[479] Ibid. 12.
[480] Orig. Ambros.
[481] Ibid. 17.
[482] Orig.
[483] Aug. Isid. Greg. Theod. etc.
[484] Deut. 21:3.
[485] Aug. Tert. Ambros.
[486] Deut. 25:4.
[487] Aug. contra Faust. Orig.
[488] Ibid. 25:7.
[489] Aug. Serm. 197 de Temp. See the 4th Sunday after Pentecost.
[490] Aug. De Civit. lib. 17 cap. 8.
[491] Quesnel on St. John. Chap. 14. 10.
[492] Essays, book 2, ch. 12.
[493] For more information, see the Annals of Holland and of Poland.
[494] Deut. 21:23.
[495] Luke 9:58.
[496] Luke 4:29
[497] John 6:53.
[498] Idem 7:12
[499] John 10:20.
[500] Mark 3:21.
[501] It’s usually the lower part of the populace who is attracted to madmen, who follows them.
[502] Luke 23:9.
[503] Matt. 27:25.
[504] John. 3:16, 17.
[505] Ibid. 18:33.
[506] Luke 4:18, 22.
[507] Acts 1:6.
[508] Matt. 24:30, 31.
[509] Luke 21:27, 28.
[510] 2 Pet. 3:13.
[511] Matt. 19:28, 29.
[512] Luke 22:30.
[513] Matt. 19:29.
[514] John 5:25.
[515] John 5:28.
[516] John 8:51.
[517] Luke 24:44, 47. In his time there were many other similar impostors, who also called themselves the true Messiah, promised by the Law, as was also, among many others, a certain Judah the Galilean, Theudas, Bar-Kokhba, and others who, on this vain pretext, abused the masses and tried to stir a rebellion, to get a following, all of whom perished. Acts 5:36.
[518] John 20:22.
[519] John 3:16., 17.
[520] Luke 4:22.
[521] Luke 4:17.
[522] Isaiah 9:5.
[523] Matt. 13:24.
[524] Ibid. 44.
[525] Ibid. 45.
[526] Ibid. 47.
[527] Ibid. 31.
[528] Ibid. 33.
[529] Matt. 13:34.
[530] Matt. 13:13.
[531] Mark 4:12.
[532] John 9:89.
[533] Sirach 37:28.
[534] Matt. 10:34.
[535] Matt. 10:38.
[536] Matt. 5:1.
[537] Matt. 5:12.
[538] John 12:24.
[539] Luke 12:35.
[540] Luke 14:26.
[541] Luke 12:35.
[542] Matt. 13:3.
[543] Luke 8:8.
[544] John 7:16, 20.
[545] John 7:28.
[546] John 8:51.
[547] Ibid. 6:51.
[548] Ibid. 7:37.
[549] Luke 11:37.
[550] Matt. 23:26.
[551] John 8:13.
[552] Matt. 4: 5, 8; Luke 4:5.
[553] Mark 7:32.
[554] Luke 10:21, 23.
[555] This is far from matching what all the ancient Prophets predicted. Read all the fine things they predicted, earlier in this book.
[556] Luke 19:41
[557] John 13:21, 31.
[558] John 17:1.
[559] Ibid. 21:25.
[560] Acts 1:6.
[561] Annals, book 15, ch. 44.
[562] Hist. Rom.
[563] 1 Cor. 1:23.
[564] Gal. 6:14.
[565] 1 Cor. 4:9
[566] 2 Cor. 4:8.
[567] 2 Cor. 6:4.
[568] Placuit Deo, he said, per stultitiam praedicationis salvos facere credentes.. 1 Cor. 1:21
[569] And, thinking they were mysteriously eating their God, they intone: O wonder! O res mirabilis! manducat Dominum pauper servus et humilis.
