Seven Statements on Religion Isaac Newton c. 603 words Newton Project London 2006 Newton Project, Imperial College

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 post-1710, in English, c. 608 words, 1 p.

A draft of Statement Five occurs in the Mint Papers: Mint catalogue MINT00570 (V.33) on the reverse of a draft document of 1715, though it is not clear which side was written first.

Published in McLachlan, Theological Manuscripts, 58-9.

 1 p.

in English

 Keynes Ms. 6, King's College, Cambridge, UK UKCambridgeKing's College Keynes Mss Keynes Ms. 6 SL250

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Keynes for £11.10s.

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The manuscript breaks off after the beginning of the eighth statement

 post-1710 England English Holograph 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 1r

1 That religion & Philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into Philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.

23 Men are not to be deprived of communion without violating the conditions upon which they were admitted into communion.

2 That Religion & polity or the laws of God & the laws of man are to be kept distinct. We are not make the commandements of men a part of the laws of God

4 The conditions or articles of communion are all those which in the primitive Church were taught the Chatechumeni in orde in order to baptism & imposition of hand, vizt [to forsake the Devil & all his works, & to abstein from the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye & the pride] repentance & abstinence from dead works, & a practical beleif in God one God the father in one Lord & the H Iesus Christ & in the Holy Ghost

5 By dead works repentance & abstinence from dead works we are to understand j the forskingforsaking the Devil & his works, that is, the worshipping fals Gods & Idols & all the works accompanying such worship, & 2dly abstinence from the lusts of the flesh the lusts of the eye & the pride of life, that is from evil concupiscence, covetousness ab & ambition.

5 By dead works we are to understand Idolatry, inordinate lusts of the flesh, covetousness & ambition. We are to forsake the Devil & his works that is fals gods & idols &with the works wchwhich accompany such worship as being contrary to the love of God: & we are to refrain from the lust of the flesh the lust of the eye & the pride of life., For if a that is from inordinate desires of the flesh, & from covetousness & ambition [ffor if any man love the world the love of God the father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye & the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world &c.] as being contrary to the love of our neighbour. And we are 6 By to beleive aright in one God the father & one Lord Christ & in the Holy Ghost & be baptized in their name & to love our neighbour as our selves, & being admitted into the communion by imposit of some particular Church by the impos governours thereof upon these conditions, we are not to be deprived of that communion without breach of those conditions.

6 By communion I understand a p fellowship in the worship of that Church so as to joyn wthwith them in their publick prayers praises thanksgivings & in receivin celebrating the Eucharist, & by excommunication a deprivation of that communion. T

7 This communion men are to be admitted into or deprived of by appro Order of the board of the governours of that Church & the Order uses is properly to to be declared by the President of the board & the declaration uses to be accompanied by a cemonyceremony & the Declaration may be accompanied wthwith some ceremony accompanying yethe declaration, as of imposition of hands by the president in cases of admission or readmission, or of swinging down a torch in cases of excommunication. And this confir cer The Declaration by imposition of 8 hands is a Iewish ceremony. We call it confirmation, meaning a confirmation of what was done by the Godfathers in baptizing the Infant.

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