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Peace -Isaac Newton

Posted by Rick and Lori(Roth) Sheehan on July 19, 2009 at 9:38am
It is a little known fact that Isaak Newton wrote more on theology than he did on science.He was a contemporary and a friend with John Locke,they exchanged many letters with each otherMany of Newtons beliefs were not considered orthodox in the "Anglican Church"(Church of England)As Locke wrote in his essay on toleration "Everyone is orthodox in his own mind"...anyway Locke had fled England because of his "unorthodoxy" church and state were one body then,Newton kept his "unorthodox" opinions to himself,because of the paradisaical spirit of his timesLike the Parents of the one born blind :John 9:2222 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.Newton is a co fonder of calculus ,his writing Principia is considered one of the if not the greatest scientific writing ever .He built the first refractory telescopeHe was in charge of the royal mint making coins amongst other thingsa 2005 survey of scientists in Britain's Royal Society asking who had the greater effect on the history of science, Newton or Albert Einstein. Newton was deemed the more influential.Newton wrote more on Biblical hermeneutics than the natural science he is remembered for today.We all know him from grammar school for the apple falling on his head which led him to the discovery of the laws of gravity.He was a unique genius who sought to glorify God with his life.Here is something he wrote on Peace in the body of Christhttp://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/texts/viewtext.php?id=THEM00003&mode=normalizedThe Newton ProjectThe Newton Project Logo‘Bringing the works of Isaac Newton to life’Irenicumby Isaac NewtonSource: Keynes Ms. 3, King's College, CambridgeAdditional MetadataSwitch to diplomatic textMore information<1>Irenicum.In matters of religion the first & great Commandment hath always been: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart & with all thy soul & with all thy mind. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self. On these two hang all the Law & the Prophets. Matth. 22.27. And the Gospel is that Iesus is the Christ. Whoever beleiveth that Iesus is the Christ is born of God, & every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him 1 Iohn 5.1.When Christ rose from the dead he appeared to his disciples to prove to them his resurrection, & expounded to them out of Moses & all the Prophets & the Psalms the things concerning himself, vizt how that the Christ ought to suffer & to rise from the dead the third day & to enter into his glory, & that he was the Christ in whom all those things were fulfilled, & that repentance & remission of sins should be preached in his name amongst all nations beginning at Ierusalem. (Luke 24.21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 44, 45, 46, 47.) He told them also that all power was given him in heaven & in earth & that he would send the promise of his father upon them (vizt the Holy Ghost) whereby they should be endued with power from on high & that they should then go & teach all nations what he had taught them & baptize them in the name of the father & of the Son and of the Holy Ghost & that he would be with them & their disciples & the disciples of their disciples always unto the end of the world Matt. 28.18, 19, 20. Luke 24.49, 50. And after these things he ascended up into heaven in their sight, & they were told by an Angel that he should come again in the same manner as they saw him ascend. And all this is the Gospel which Christ sent his disciples to teach all nations & which the first Christians were taught in catechising before baptism & communion,Repentance & remission of sins relate to transgressions against the two first commandments. We are to forsake the Devil, that is, all fals Gods & all manner of idolatry, this being a breach of the first & great commandment. And we are to forsake the flesh & the world, or as the Apostle Iohn expresseth it, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, & the pride of life, that is, unchastity, covetousness pride & ambition; these things being a breach of the second of the two great commandments. And we are to beleive in one God, the father, almighty in dominion, the maker of heaven & earth & of all things therein; & in one Lord Iesus Christ the son of God, who was born of a Virgn, & sacrificed for us on the cross, & the third day rose again from the dead, & ascended into heaven, & sitteth on the right hand of God in a mystical sense, being next unto him in honour & power, & who shall come again to judge the quick & the dead raised again to life, & who sent the Holy Ghost to comfort his disciples & assist them in preaching the Gospel. All this was taught from the beginning of the Gospel in Catechising, that the Catechumen might know before Baptism why & in whose names he was to be washed. vizt in the name of one God the father & of one Lord Iesus Christ &c. And nothing more is now necessary to communion & salvation then what was taught in those days before baptism & admission into communion . ffor every thing necessary to communion must be taught before admission into it.All this the Apostle Paul calls milk for babes & the foundation & first Principles of the doctrine of Christ. And those things which are to be learnt after admission into communion he calls strong meat for men of riper years. For in writing to the Hebrews he saith: When for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; & are become such as have need of milk & not strong meat. For every one that useth milk, is unexercised in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good & evil. Therefore leaving the principles <3> of the doctrine of Christ let us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, & of faith towards God, Of the doctrine of Baptisms & of [admission into communion by] laying on of hands [in the name of the father Son & Holy Ghost ] & of the resurrection of the dead & of eternal judgment. Heb. V.12, 13, 14 & VI.1, 2. Here the Apostle under the name of milk for babes comprehends all that was taught before baptism & admission into communion, & under the name of strong meats he comprehends all that was to be learnt afterwards by men of riper years in studying the scriptures or otherwise. And since strong meats are not fit for babes, but are to be given only to men of riper years they were not to be imposed on all men but only to be learnt by such as after admission into communion were able to learn them. And by consequence men were not to damn or excommunicate one another or treat one another as heretiques, or quarrel or reproach one another, or hate or despise or censure one another for not knowing them. Every man after admission into communion was to study the scriptures & especially the Prophesies, & to learn as much as he could out of them, & might endeavour to instruct his neighbour in a friendly manner, but not fall out with him for differing in opinion about any thing which was not imposed before baptism & admission into communion. For enmity & discord in things not necessary to communion tends to schism & is contrary to the rule of charity imposed upon all men in the second of the two great commandments & more especially upon those of the same communion. And with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged. See Rom XIV & XV, & 1 Cor. III. If any thing s{hould} at any time be made necessary to communion which was not so before, it ought thence forward to be taught before admission into communion.And as for the Christian worship, we are authorized in scripture to give glory & honour to God the father because he hath created all things, & to the Lamb of God because he hath redeemed us with his blood & is our Lord, & to direct our prayers to God the father in the name of Christ for what we want & give him thanks for what we receive, & to wish for Grace & peace from God & Christ & the Holy Ghost & baptize in their name, & to receive the Eucharist in memory of Christs death. All this was practised by the first Christians in the Apostles days from the time of their admission into Communion, & is included in the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, & if any man contend for any other sort of worship which he cannot prove to have been practised in the Apostles days, he {illeg} may use it in his Closet without troubling the Churches with his private sentiments.< insertion from p 2 >The first Principles of the Christian religion are founded, not on disputable conclusions or humane sanctions, opinions or conjectures, but on the express words of Christ & his Apostles; & we are to hold fast the form of sound words. It is not enough that a Proposition be true or in the express words of scripture: it must also appear to have been taught from the days of the Apostles in order to baptism & communion. For the Laws of Communion are unchangeable Dan. 7.25.. If an Angel from heaven preach any other Gospel [as necessary to Communion & Salvation] then that which the Apostles preached let him be accursed. Gal. 1.8, 9. And since Christ set on foot the Christian religion by< text from p 3 resumes >And since Christ set on foot the Christian religion by explaining to his Apostles the prophesies in Moses the Prophets & the Psalms concerning himself, & sending them to teach his interpretations to all nations: if any question at any time arise concerning his interpretations, we are to to have recourse to the old Testament, & compare the places interpreted with the interpretations thereof in the new. As for instance in explaining why Iesus is called the a[1] Christ or Messiah, the b[2] Son of Man, the c[3] Son of God, the d[4] Lamb of God, the e[5] Word of God, < insertion from p 2 > the f[6] Lord who sitteth on the right hand of God, < text from p 3 resumes > & the g[7] God who was in the beginning with God & by whom all things were made And by this means the Old Testament will be also better understood.Newton spent a great deal of time studying Gods word and it shows in all his writingsTo read more go to:http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/texts/viewtext.php?id=THEM00003&mode=normalized
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