Two letters of Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Le Clerc, late Divinity Professor of the Remonstrants in Holland the former containing a dissertation upon the reading of the Greek text, I John v. 7. The latter upon that of I Timothy iii. 16 / Published from authentick MSS in the Library of the Remonstrants in Holland.
- Isaac Newton
- Date:
- 1754
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Credit: Two letters of Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Le Clerc, late Divinity Professor of the Remonstrants in Holland the former containing a dissertation upon the reading of the Greek text, I John v. 7. The latter upon that of I Timothy iii. 16 / Published from authentick MSS in the Library of the Remonstrants in Holland. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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