Three paragraphs on religion, with drafts Isaac Newton c. 2,190 words Newton Project London 2006 Newton Project, Imperial College

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 post-1710, in English with some Latin, c. 2,222 words, 5 pp.

Third and largest draft of the first paragraph printed in Brewster (1855), 2: 354. All three paragraphs printed in McLachlan, Theological Manuscripts, 54-5.

Each paragraph has a separate heading: 'Our religion to God'; 'Our religion to Iesus Christ'; 'Our religion to the Church'. Followed by a shorter draft of the whole and two variant and expanded versions of the first paragraph, Latin notes on tides, and a list of editorial instructions in Latin, these last two relating to emendations to the first edition of the Principia.

Somewhat confusingly described in the Sotheby catalogue as being on '1 p. folio; with a shorter draft of the whole and 2 amplified versions' (p. 71).

 5 pp.

in English with some Latin

 Keynes Ms. 9, King's College, Cambridge, UK UKCambridgeKing's College Keynes Mss Keynes Ms. 9 SL253

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Maggs Brothers for £13 and sold to Keynes on 22 July 1936 for £20.

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 post-1710 England English Latin Holograph Unknown Hand (1) Unknown Hand (2) ReligionDoctrine Transcribed by Stephen Snobelen Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Checked against original by John Young Tagged by John Young Coding audited and updated to Newton v2.0 DTD by Michael Hawkins Coding checked and updated to Newton v2.1 DTD by John Young Updated to Newton V3.0 (TEI P5 Schema) by Michael Hawkins Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins
Our religion to God.

God made the world & governs it invisibly, & hath commanded us to love honour & worship him & no other God but him & to do it without making any image of him, & not to name him idly & without reverence, & to honour our parents masters & governours, & love our neighbours as our selves, & to be temperate, modest, humbele, just, & peaceable, & to be merciful even to bruit beasts.

Our religion to Iesus Christ.

Iesus Christ a true man born of a woman & was crucified by the Iews for teaching them the truth, & by the same power by wchwhich God gave life at first to every species of animals being revived, he appeared to his disciples & explained to them Moses & the Prophets concerning himself, as that he was the Sun of righteousness spoken of by Malachy, the son of man & the Messiah spoken of by Daniel, ☉☉ God's servant David spoken of by Ezekiel, the Lord our righteousness spoken of by Ieremy, the Ruler in Israel spoken of by Micah, the servant of God & lamb of God & Redeemer spoken of by Isaiah, the son of God & the Holy one spoken of by David, the seed of the woman & the Prophet & the Shiloh spoken of by Moses &c. And then he sent his disciples to teach others what he had taught them, & is gone into the heavens to receive a kingdom & prepare a place for us, & is mystically said to sit at the right hand of God, that, is, to be next to him in dignity, & is worshipped & glorified as the Lamb of God, & hath sent the Holy Ghost to comfort us in his absence, & will at length return & reign above in the above air (invisibly to mortals) till he hath raised up & judged all the dead (the saints in the first thousand years & the rest afterwards) ☉ & sent the wicked to places suitable to their merits & then he will give up this kingdom to the father, ② & carry the blessed (whom he hath merited by his death & redeemed with his blood) to the place or mansion wchwhich he is now preparing for them. ① & sent the rest wicked to other places wchwhich he suitable to their merits. ⑨ ffor in God's house (wchwhich is the univers) are many mansions

Our religion to the Church

We enter into societies (called churches) not by birth as the Iews did but by the ceremonies of baptism & laying on of hands confirmation, & assemble weekly to worship God joyntly by prayers & praises, & in orour assemblies commemorate the death of Christ by breaking of bread & drinking of wine the symbols of his body & blood, & submit our causes to our governours who in every city compose a board of Elders & with a President elected by the citizens, And in our travells, by communicatory letters from our President, we joyn in worship wthwith other cities, all wchwhich together compose the Church catholick. under whom are deacons to take care of the poor. And every particular church sends an Elders or Presbyters to every Parish under its jurisdiction, to instruct & govern the inhabitants. And by communicatory letters from the Presidents they joyne in worship wthwith other cities all wchwhich together compose the Church catholick. And this Church was illuminated by the lamps of the seven Churches of Asia till the death of Iohn the Apostle & his disciples: And this Church & had authority to propagate what she received & only what she received by tradition from the Apostles & Prophets, & is to continue till the times of the Gentiles be accomplished, & then shall all Israel be saved.

God made the world & governs it invisibly, & hath commanded us to love honour & worship him & no other God but him, & not to reprentrepresent him by any image, & notr to name him idly & without reverence & to honour our parents & masters masters & governours & love our neighbours as our selves & to be temperate modest humble just & peaceable, & to be mercifull even to bruit beasts. And by the same power by wchwhich God gave life at first to every species of animals he is able to revive the dead, & hath revived Iesus Christ our redeemer, who is gone into the heavens to receive a kingdom & prepare a place for us, & is is said to sit at the right hand of God to represent him next in dignity to God, is said to sit at his right hand, & may be worshipped & glorified as the Lamb of God, & hath sent the Holy Ghost to comfort us in his absence, & will at length return & reign over us invisibly to mortals till he hath raised up & judged all the dead, & then will give up this kingdom to the father, & carry the blessed to the place wchwhich he is now preparing for them, & send the rest to other places suitable to their merits. ffor in Gods house (wchwhich is the Vniverse) are many mansions.

We are also to enter into societies by the ceremonies of Baptism & laying on of hands, & to assemble weekly & to worship God & commemorate the death of Christ in orour assemblies by breaking of bread, & submit our causes to orour governours.

Our religion to God.

1 God made the world & governs it invisibly, & hath commanded us to love honour & worship him & no other God but him, & not to represent him by any image, nor to name him idly & without reverence, & to honour our parents masters & governours & love our neighbours as our selves, & to be temperate, modest, humble, just, & peaceable, & to be mercifull even to bruit beasts.

Our government.

3 By the same power by wchwhich God gave life at first to every creature species of We enter into Societies by the ceremonies of baptism & laying on of hands, & as submit our causes to our governours, & assemble weekly to worship God & in our assemblies commemorate the death of XtChrist by breaking of bread & drinking wine the symbols of his body & blood.

Our religion to XtChrist.

2 By the same power by wchwhich God gave life at first to every species of animals he is able to revive the dead & hath revived Iesus Christ our redeemer who was bor a true man born of a woman & crucified by the Iews for teaching them the truth.. And being revived he appeared to his disciples, & explained to them Moses & the Prophets concerning himself, ☉ ☉ (as that he was the Sun of righteousness spoken of by Malachy, the Messiah & the son of Man spoken of by Daniel, the servant of God & lamb of G & Redeemer spoken of by Isaiah, the Son of God & the Holy one spoken of by David, the seed of the woman & the Prophet & Shiloh spoken of by Moses &c) & the Lord our righteousness spoken of by Ieremy, & Gods servant David spoken of by Ezekiel, the ruler in Israel spoken of by Micah. (as that he was the Messiah spoken o & the son of man spoken of by Daniel, the seed of the woman & the Prophet & Shiloh spoken of by Moses, & the Son of God spoken of by David in the second Psalm, [& the Sun of righteousness spoken of by Malachy, & the servant of God spoken of by Isaiah. ch. 52 & 53 & the Redeemer Isa. 59. 60. 61.] & reprentedrepresented in the Law by the paschal lamb & Isa 53.7 the servant of God & lamb of God spoken of by Isaiah ch. 52 & 53. & yethe Sun of righteousness spoken of by by Malachy &c) sent them to teach others what he had taught them, & is gone into the heavens to receive a kingdom & return prepare a place for us, & is mystically said to sit at the right hand of God, that, is to be next to him in dignity, & is worshipped & glorified as the Lamb of God, & hath sent the Holy Ghost to confortcomfort us in his absence, & will at length return & reign over us (invisibly to mortals) till he hath raised up & judged all the dead (the saints in the first thousand years & all the rest afterwards) & then will give up this kingdom to the father & carry the blessed (whom he hath merited by his death )& redeemed with his blood) to the place wchwhich he is now preparing for them, & send the rest to other places suitable to their merits. ffor in Gods house (wchwhich is the Vniverse) are many mansions.

& continued in her in affliction & purity under the heathen Roman Emperors till the end of Dioclesians persecution & then by prosperity & the flowing in of the heathens began to embrace their doctrines of ghosts & place religion & dead works, & contend for dominion & wealth, & is to continue decay in outward form in vertue till the times of the Gentiles be accomplished fulfilled, & then shall all Israel be saved.

Nisi quatenus motus aquæ fluendi et refluendi ab alveo aquæ per frictionem aliquatenus retardetur & paulo citius sistatur. Vis LM trahendo aquam deorsum in Quadraturis faciet ipsam tunc ibi maxima cum velocitate descendere, et vis KL trahendo ipsam sursum in Syzygijs faciet ipsam tunc ibi maxima cum velocitate ascendere. Et inde ascensus et descen maxima et minima ejus altitudo eveniet [in octantibus.] vel potius proxime post Octantes.

nisi quatenus aqua in orbe suo sustinetur non per vim suam centifugamcentrifugam sed per alveum in quo fluit, & motus ejus fluendi et refluendi ab alveo suo per frictionem aliquatenus retardatur. Vis LM trahit aqua remtentibus deorsum maxime in Quadraturis & vis KL trahit eandem trahere sursum maxime in Syzygijs: et hæ vires conjunctim desinunt trahere aquam deorsum & incipiunt trahere aquam sursum & desinunt trahere aquam deorsum in Octantibus ante Qu Quadraturas Syzygias ac desinunt trahere aquam sursum incipiuntqꝫque trahere aquam deorsum in Octantibus post Quadraturas Syzygias Et inde maxima et minima aquæ altitudo eveniet in Octantibus post syzygias et minima in Octantib post Quadraturas eveniet nisi quatenus motus ascendendi vel descendendi ab his viribus impressus paulo diutius persevereret or g quam proxime ab alijs causis a vel aulo diutius vel per vim insitam aquæ paulo diutius perseveret vel per impedimenta alve paulo citius sistatur.

p. 161. l. 19. dele in singulis corporis revolutionibusib. l 37dele in tota revolutionel 38 dele singulis revolutionibusp. 163 l. 4.pro velocissimus scribe directusp. 167 l. 25scribe tunc descendere ac dele usqꝫque ad syzygiasl. 26 scribe ipsam tunc ascendere& lin 27dele usqꝫque ad Quadraturasp. 168l. 11. scribe inde inde non multum mutabuntur. Vel lectionem priorem retine.
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God made & governs the world invisibly & hath commanded us to love & worship him & no other God & to honour our parents & masters & love our neighbours as our selves, & to be temperate just & peaceable, & to be mercifull even to bruit beasts. And by the same power by wchwhich heGod gave life at first to every species of Animals he is able to revive the dead & hath revived Iesus Christ our redeemer who is gone into the heavens to receive a kingdom & prepare a place for us, & is next in dignity to God & may be worshipped as the Lamb of God & hath sent the Holy Ghost to comfort us in his absence, & will at length return & reign over us invisibly to mortals till he hath raised up & judged all the dead & then he will give up this kingdom to the father & carry them blessed to the place wchwhich he is now preparing for them & send the wicked rest to other places according suitable to their merits.. For in Gods house are many mansions. suited to the merits of the inhabitants, (which is the Vnivers) are many mansions. [& he governs them by hath Agents which can pass through the heavens from one mansion to another. For if all spa places known to us to wchwhich we have access are filled with living creatures, wchhy should all those immense spaces of the heavens above the clouds be wholy void of them incapable of inhabitants?] We are also to enter into so separate repent & be baptized & admitted into communion societies by the laying on of hands, & to commemorate the death of XtChrist in orour assemblies. We are also to enter into societies by Baptism & laying on of hands & to commemorate the death of XChrist in our assemblies. by breaking of bread.