Sir Isaac Newton (December 25, 1642-March 20, 1727) was a mathematician and natural philosopher who discovered of the laws of universal gravitation, formulated the three laws of motion, which aided in advancing the discipline of dynamics, and helped develop calculus into a comprehensive branch of mathematics.
He went to Trinity College, Cambridge, 1661; retired to Woolsthorp, Lincolnshire, during the Plague, 1665-66; and became a fellow, 1667.
Newton was honored to occupy the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, 1669, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1672. He was given the position of Master of the Mint, 1699, and in 1701, entered Parliament.
In 1703, Sir Issac Newton became the President of the Royal Society. He constructed the first reflecting telescope, laid the foundation for the great law of energy conservation and developed the particle theory of light propagation.
In his work, Principia, Book III, Sir Isaac Newton wrote:
<This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being...This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called "Lord God"...The Supreme God is a Being eternal, infinite, absolutely perfect.> 1642IN001
In his manuscript, A Short Scheme of the True Religion, quoted in Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton by Sir David Brewster, (Edinburgh, 1850):
<Opposition to godliness is atheism in profession and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.> 1642IN002
In 1704, in his work titled, Optics, Sir Isaac Newton stated:
<God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion to space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them.> 1642IN003
Sir Isaac Newton stated:
<We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever....Worshiping God and the Lamb in the temple: God, for his benefaction in creating all things, and the Lamb, for his benefaction in redeeming us with his blood.> 1642IN004
Sir Isaac Newton stated:
<There is one God, the Father, ever-living, omnipresent, omniscient, almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus....
To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him. That is, we are to worship the Father alone as God Almighty, and Jesus alone as the Lord, the Messiah, the Great King, the Lamb of God who was slain, and hath redeemed us with His blood, and made us kings and priests.> 1642IN005
Sir Isaac Newton wrote, Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (published in 1733). Sir Isaac Newton stated:
<The Book of Revelation exhibits to us the same peculiarities as that of Nature....The history of the Fall of Man-of the introduction of moral and physical evil, the prediction of the Messiah, the actual advent of our Saviour, His instructions, His miracles, His death, His resurrection, and the subsequent propagation of His religion by the unlettered fishermen of Galilee, are each a stumbling-block to the wisdom of this world....
But through the system of revealed truth which this Book contains is, like that of the universe, concealed from common observation, yet the labors of the centuries have established its Divine origin, and developed in all its order and beauty the great plan of human restoration.> 1642IN006
In describing Sir Isaac Newton, the Encyclopedia of Philosophy stated:
<Newton himself was a student of Old Testament prophecies and believed in the Scriptures as inerrant guides.> 1642IN007
In his Preface to The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (Published 1733), Sir Isaac Newton quoted a letter to Richard Bentley, dated December 10, 1692:
<When I wrote my treatise about our System I had an eye upon such Principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.> 1642IN008
In The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (Published 1733), Sir Isaac Newton wrote:
<Daniel was in the greatest credit amongst the Jews, till the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. And to reject his prophecies, is to reject the Christian religion. For this religion is founded upon his prophecy concerning the Messiah.> 1642IN009
In The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (Published 1733), Sir Isaac Newton wrote:
<Daniel is most distinct in order of time, and easiest to be understood, and therefore in those things which relate to the last times, he must be made the key to the rest.> 1642IN010
In The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (Published 1733), Sir Isaac Newton wrote:
<The folly of Interpreters has been, to foretell times and things, by this Prophecy, as if God designed to make them Prophets. By this rashness they have not only exposed themselves, but brought the Prophecy also into contempt. The design of God was much otherwise. He gave this and the Prophecies of the Old Testaments, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event; and his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world. For the event of things predicted many ages before, will then be a convincing argument that the world is governed by providence.> 1642IN011
In The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (Published 1733), Sir Isaac Newton wrote:
<For the prophets and apostles have foretold that as Israel often revolted and brake the covenant, and upon repentance renewed it, so there should be a falling away among the Christians, soon after the days of the Apostles, and that in the latter days God would destroy the impenitent revolters, and make a new covenant with his people. And the giving ear to the prophets is a fundamental character of the true church.> 1642IN012
In The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (Published 1733), Sir Isaac Newton wrote:
<An angel must fly through the midst of heaven with the everlasting Gospel to preach to all nations, before Babylon falls, and the Son of man reaps his harvest. (quoting Rev. 14:6).> 1642IN013
In The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (Published 1733), Sir Isaac Newton wrote:
<For as the few and obscure Prophecies concerning Christ's first coming were for setting up the Christian religion, which all nations have since corrupted, so the many and clear Prophecies, concerning the things to be done at Christ's second coming, are not only for predicting but also for effecting a recovery and re-establishment of the long-lost truth, and setting up a kingdom wherein dwells righteousness. The event will prove the Apocalypse, and this Prophecy, thus proved and understood, will open the old Prophets and all together will make known the true religion, and establish it.> 1642IN014
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1642IN001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Isaac Newton. Principia, Book III; cited in Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from his Writings, ed. (New York: H.S. Thayer, Hafner Library of Classics, 1953), p. 42, ed. H.S. Thayer, Hafner Library of Classics, NY, 1953.
1642IN002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Isaac Newton. In his manuscript, A Short Scheme of the True Religion, quoted in Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton by Sir David Brewster, Edinburgh, 1850). Cited in Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from his Writings, ed. (New York: H.S. Thayer, Hafner Library of Classics, 1953), p. 65.
1642IN003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Isaac Newton, 1704, in Optics. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 313.
1642IN004. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Isaac Newton. Henry H. Morris, Men of Science-Men of God (El Cajon, CA: Master Books, A Division of Creation Life Publishers, Inc., 1988), pp. 23-26. Tryon Edwards, D.D., The New Dictionary of Thoughts-A Cyclopedia of Quotations (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, Ralph Emerson Browns and Jonathan Edwards [descendent, along with Tryon, of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), president of Princeton], 1891; The Standard Book Company, 1955, 1963), p. 47. Henry H. Halley, Halley's Bible Handbook (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1927, 1965), p. 19. Charles E. Jones, The Books You Read (Harrisburg, PA: Executive Books, 1985), p. 118.
1642IN005. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Isaac Newton. Sir David Brewster, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, Texas), p. 338.
1642IN006. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Isaac Newton. T.H.L. Leary, Short Biographies of the People-Life of Sir Isaac Newton, Vol. VI. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, Texas), p. 338. Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733).
1642IN007. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sir Isaac Newton. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, s.v. "Deism." John Eidsmoe, Christianity and the Constitution-The Faith of Our Founding Fathers (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, A Mott Media Book, 1987, 6th printing 1993), p. 49.
1642IN008. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733), Preface, quoting a letter to Richard Bentley December 10, 1692.
1642IN009. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733), p. 24.
1642IN0010. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733), conclusion of introductory chapter, p. 14.
1642IN0011. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733), p. 244-245.
1642IN012. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733), p. 13.
1642IN013. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733), p. 243-244.
1642IN014. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Isaac Newton, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, (Hyderabad, India: Printland Publishers, 1998) being a reprint of Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John, (London: Darby & Browne, 1733), p. 245.