Passage on the faith Christ taught the disciples Isaac Newton c. 978 words Newton Project Brighton 2012 Newton Project, Sussex University

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 c. 1710s-1720s, in English, c. 980 words, 2 pp. on 2 ff. 2 pp. on 2 ff.

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 Passage on early Christian sects [SL255.9]SL255Part of a study of Revelation [SL255.7] SL255.8, Location Unknown Location Unknown SL255.8 SL255.8

The whole of SL255 was bought at the 1936 Sotheby sale by Emmanuel Fabius for £13.10s. This portion was offered as section 5 of Lot 511 at the 2004 New York Sotheby sale but not sold. It had been acquired by the booksellers Estates of Mind by early April 2010.

 c. 1710s-1720s England English Isaac Newton ReligionDoctrine Tagged transcription by Shannon Higgins Revised by Shannon Higgins Checked by John Young. Catalogue information compiled by John Young Code audited by Michael Hawkins Final-checked by John Young Proofed by Robert Iliffe

2 The Gospel Faith wchwhich Christ taught his disciples after his resurrection, & which he sent them to teach all nations in disciplining them, he taught out of Moses & the Prophets & Psalms, opening their understandings that they might understand what was writ concerning him. And therefore for understanding this faith aright we must have recourse to the prophesies of the old testament which concerning him & were fulfilled in him & explained by the Apostles in their preaching. And the chief of these prophesies are pointed at by the several names thence given to him with relation to them & explain those names. He is called the Christ or Messiah to signify that he is that Messiah who was annointed by his death at the end of the Daniels seventy weeks of years: the son of man to signify that he is the person whom Daniel saw like the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven to receive a kingdom that all nations should people nations & languages should serve him: the son of God to signify that he is the person of whom God said; Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee; ask of me & I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance & the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession; thou shalt break them like with a rod of iron & dash them in pieces like a Potters vessel; Psal. 2. He is called the Lamb of God to signify that he was typified in the Paschal Lamb instituted by Moses, & said to sit on the right hand of God & to be a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedech to signify that he is the person spoken of in 110th Psalm who shall rule in the midst of his enemies. He is called the Word of God with a two edged sword coming out of his mouth to signify that he is the person spoken of in Isaiah 11th, whom God should make of a quick understanding in the fear of the Lord to judge the poor with righteousness, & who shall smite the earth with the rod [or according to the seventy, with the word] of his mouth, & with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked. He is called the God who was in the beginning with God to signify that he was that God who walked in Paradise in the cool of the day & sentenced Adam & Eve & the Serpent, & by whom God the father made all things in the beginning & gave the promisses to the Patriarchs. And this Word is said to become flesh & to be heard & seen &handled to signify that the name includes the body of Christ & is not a metaphysical term of art. So then for understanding these names of Christ, we are to have recourse unto the old Testament & to beware of vain Philosophy. For Christ sent his Apostles, not to teach Metaphysicks & Philosophy to the common people & to their wives & children; but to teach what he had taught them out of Moses & the Prophets & Psalms concerning himself.

1 All Christians agree that we may give glory & honour to God the father because he hath created all things & to the Lamb of God because he is our Lord & hath redeemed us with his blood & is our Lord, & that we may pray to God the father in the name of Christ for what we want, & give him thanks for what we receive, & wish for grace & peace from God & Christ & the Holy Ghost, & baptize in their name, & receive the Eucharist in memory of Christs death. And all this worship & practise is included in the first principles of the doctrine of Christ & is sufficient for salvation. And if any man hath a mind to add to this worship he may do it in his closet without troubling the Churches with his private sentiments.

3 Christ is also called the God who was in the beginning with God to signify that he was that God who walked in Paradise in the cool of the day & sentenced Adam & Eve & the Serpent, & by whom God the father made all things in the beginning & gave the promisses to the Patriarchs & of whom God said to the people of Israel, Obey my voice for my name is in him. Exod. 23.21. He is also called Michael in Apoc 12, with reference to the same name in Daniel chap. 10 & 12, to signify that he is that Michael the great Prince who who in the end of the world shall stand up for the children of Daniels people & who in the days of Daniel helped the prophetic Angel Gabriel against the Prince of the kingdom of Persia, & who alone held with & assisted the prophetic Angel Gabriel in matters of prophesy & was then called the Prince of Daniels people, & by consequence is the Prince of the Host & the Prince of Princes spoken of in Daniels prophesy of the Ram & He Goat: And so the name of Antichrist was taken from the old Testament, & has relation to the last horn of the He Goat which magnified it self against the Prince of the Host & stood up against the Prince of Princes. Dan. 8. ✝ ✝ And so the Holy prophetic spirit is called an Angel in the ApocalypeApocalypse with reference to the same name given him in the Prophesies of Daniel But these difficulter points are to be recconed amongst the strong meats for men of riper years rather then among the first principles of the doctrine of Christ.