SOURCE: "Chapter XXIV," in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, Vol. II, Thomas Constable and Co., 1855, pp. 313-59.
In the excerpt below, Brewster comments in detail on Newton's religious writings, asserting that "if Sir Isaac Newton had not been distinguished as a mathematician and a natural philosopher, he would have enjoyed a high reputation as a theologian. "
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