In the order of page numbers in the book.
Age of Reason Bible quotes looked up with John Wycliffe.
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Page 7,
1 John 5.7
Reason alone can determine how many texts are as spurious as the three heavenly witnessess, says Conway.
Page 36,
1 Chron. 25.1
We read of prophesying with pipes, tabrets, and horns — of prophesying with harps, with psalteries, with cymbals …
Page 36,
1 Sam. 18.10
But Saul prophesied badly; for it is said that an “evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied”.
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Page 94,
Numbers 12
If Moses said this of himself, instead of being the meekest of men, he was one of the most vain and arrogant coxcombs.
Page 94,
Deut. 1.1-5
The style and manner of writing marks more evidently than in the former books that Moses is not the writer.
Page 97,
Exodus 20
In Exodus, the reason given for keeping the seventh day is God having made the heavens and the earth in six days.
Page 97,
Deut. 5.15
Deuteronomy reason for the sabbath is that it was the day on which God led and the children of Israel were out of Egypt.
Page 97,
Deut. 21.18-21
That law authorized parents to have their children stoned to death for what it pleased the parents to call stubbornness.
Page 97,
Deut. 25.4
Deuteronomy is used to preach up tithes. O priests! Priests! Ye are willing to be compared to an ox, for the sake of tithes.
Page 98,
Gen. 14.14
There was no such place as Dan till many years after the death of Moses. Originally a town of the Gentiles, it was called Laish.
Page 97,
Judges 18.27-29
According to the historical arrangement, the place was not called Dan till 331 years after the death of Moses.
Page 100,
Gen. 36.31
The book of Genesis, so far from having been written by Moses, could not have been written till the time of Saul.
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Page 101,
1 Chron. 1.43
Historical language proves, this part of Genesis is taken from Chronicles, and Genesis is not so old as Chronicles.
Page 102,
Numbers 31.13-18
If this account be true, here is an order to butcher the boys, to massacre the mothers, and debauch the daughters.
Page 103,
Numbers 31.37 & 35
The matters contained in this chapter, as well as in many other parts of the Bible, are too horrid for humanity to read.
Page 104,
Exodus 16.35
It could not be Moses who said what the children of Israel did or ate there; he died before they came into Canaan.
Page 104,
Joshua 5.12
The account of eating manna, which they tell us was written by Moses, extends itself to the time of Joshua.
Page 105,
Deut. 3. 11
The knowledge of the bed and its particulars must be referred to the time when Rabbah was taken, 400 years after Moses.
Page 105,
2 Sam. 12.26
For the historical part, Joab (David’s general) fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
Page 106,
Joshua 1
A military history of rapine and murder, the blasphemy consists in ascribing those deeds to the orders of the Almighty.
Page 106,
Joshua 6.27
It would have been absurd and vainglorious that Joshua should say his “fame was noised throughout all the country”.
Page 106,
Joshua 24.31
An account written by some historian that lived after Joshua and also after the elders that outlived Joshua.
Page 107,
Joshua 10.14
Such is the passage 10.14, giving an account that the Sun stood still upon Gibeon, and the Moon over Ajalon.
Page 108,
Joshua 8.28-29
“And he raised thereon a great heap of stones, which remaineth unto this day”, the day or time of the writer.
Page 108,
Joshua 10.26
And again, in chapter 10 it is said, “And he laid great stones on the cave’s mouth, which remain unto this very day”.
Page 108,
Joshua 15.63
The question upon this passage is, when did the Jebusites and the children of Judah dwell together at Jerusalem?
Page 108,
Judges 1
Who he was, is unknown; the only point the book proves is that the author lived long after the time of Joshua.
Page 109,
Judges 1.7-8
“Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem” — the book could not have been written before.
Page 110,
2 Sam. 5.4
Jebusites dwelling with the children of Judah correspond to no other time than after Jerusalem was taken.
Page 110,
1 Chron. 14.3-4
The evidence is abundant that every book in the Bible from Genesis to Judges is without authenticity.
Page 111,
1 Sam. 9.11, 18, 9
It is only necessary to read the account that the writer gives of Saul going to seek his father’s asses.
Page 111,
1 Sam. 25 & 28
Samuel died before Saul, yet the history in those books is extended through Saul’s life, and the life of David.
Page 114,
2 Kings 10.7
They were the children of Ahab, and were murdered by the orders of Jehu, whom Elisha had anointed to be king.
Page 114,
2 Kings 15.16
He smote the city of Tiphsah, because they opened not, and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
Page 111,
Work in progress
Samuel died before Saul, yet the history in those books is extended through Saul’s life, and the life of David.
Page 114,
Work in progress
They were the children of Ahab, and were murdered by the orders of Jehu, whom Elisha had anointed to be king.
The New Testament
Page 153,
Family of Christ
Mary, the supposed virgin, mother of Jesus, had several other children, sons and daughters — Author’s note.
Pages 154-155,
Genealogy of Christ
Matthew genealogy of Christ makes there to be twenty-eight generations. Luke makes there to be forty-three generations.
Pages 157-158,
Crucifixion
We may infer from these circumstances, trivial as they are, that those writers were not present at the crucifixion.
Reference for Part 1
The nativity
The four books do not give a history of the life of Jesus Christ, but only detached anecdotes of him.
The synagogue
Both early and later versions of Wycliffe refer the word kingdom to the word realm. Wycliffe knew Greek and Latin.
The arrest
His arrest shows that he did not intend to be apprehended, and consequently that he did not intend to be crucified.