Post: Isaac Newton's 48 sins
01-08-2012, 02:15 AM #1
mcgo
Skilled Typer
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  1. Vsing the word (God) openly
  2. Eating an apple at Thy house
  3. Making a feather while on Thy day
  4. Denying that I made it.
  5. Making a mousetrap on Thy day
  6. Contriving of the chimes on Thy day
  7. Squirting water on Thy day
  8. Making pies on Sunday night
  9. Swimming in a kimnel on Thy day
  10. Putting a pin in Iohn Keys hat on Thy day to pick him.
  11. Carelessly hearing and committing many sermons11
  12. Refusing to go to the close at my mothers command.
  13. Threatning my father and mother Smith to burne them and the house over them
  14. Wishing death and hoping it to some
  15. Striking many
  16. Having uncleane thoughts words and actions and dreamese.
  17. Stealing cherry cobs from Eduard Storer
  18. Denying that I did so
  19. Denying a crossbow to my mother and grandmother though I knew of it
  20. Setting my heart on money learning pleasure more than Thee
  21. A relapse
  22. A relapse
  23. A breaking again of my covenant renued in the Lords Supper.
  24. Punching my sister
  25. Robbing my mothers box of plums and sugar
  26. Calling Dorothy Rose a jade
  27. Glutiny in my sickness.
  28. Peevishness with my mother.
  29. With my sister.
  30. Falling out with the servants
  31. Divers commissions of alle my duties
  32. Idle discourse on Thy day and at other times
  33. Not turning nearer to Thee for my affections
  34. Not living according to my belief
  35. Not loving Thee for Thy self.
  36. Not loving Thee for Thy goodness to us
  37. Not desiring Thy ordinances
  38. Not long {longing} for Thee in {illeg}
  39. Fearing man above Thee
  40. Vsing unlawful means to bring us out of distresses
  41. Caring for worldly things more than God
  42. Not craving a blessing from God on our honest endeavors.
  43. Missing chapel.
  44. Beating Arthur Storer.
  45. Peevishness at Master Clarks for a piece of bread and butter.
  46. Striving to cheat with a brass halfe crowne.
  47. Twisting a cord on Sunday morning
  48. Reading the history of the Christian champions on Sunday



The fact he took time to write them down shows how much they affected him.

How does your list compare to this? No where near as heinous as these I presume Winky Winky
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01-08-2012, 02:26 AM #2
Just4Hax
"I will speak ill of
Originally posted by mcgo View Post
The Newton project, a non profit organisation dedicated to making all Sir Isaac Newtons work freely available online, has recently added a You must login or register to view this content. that he kept for a short period of time, when he was 19 in 1662 detailing sins he had recently committed.


  1. Vsing the word (God) openly
  2. Eating an apple at Thy house
  3. Making a feather while on Thy day
  4. Denying that I made it.
  5. Making a mousetrap on Thy day
  6. Contriving of the chimes on Thy day
  7. Squirting water on Thy day
  8. Making pies on Sunday night
  9. Swimming in a kimnel on Thy day
  10. Putting a pin in Iohn Keys hat on Thy day to pick him.
  11. Carelessly hearing and committing many sermons11
  12. Refusing to go to the close at my mothers command.
  13. Threatning my father and mother Smith to burne them and the house over them
  14. Wishing death and hoping it to some
  15. Striking many
  16. Having uncleane thoughts words and actions and dreamese.
  17. Stealing cherry cobs from Eduard Storer
  18. Denying that I did so
  19. Denying a crossbow to my mother and grandmother though I knew of it
  20. Setting my heart on money learning pleasure more than Thee
  21. A relapse
  22. A relapse
  23. A breaking again of my covenant renued in the Lords Supper.
  24. Punching my sister
  25. Robbing my mothers box of plums and sugar
  26. Calling Dorothy Rose a jade
  27. Glutiny in my sickness.
  28. Peevishness with my mother.
  29. With my sister.
  30. Falling out with the servants
  31. Divers commissions of alle my duties
  32. Idle discourse on Thy day and at other times
  33. Not turning nearer to Thee for my affections
  34. Not living according to my belief
  35. Not loving Thee for Thy self.
  36. Not loving Thee for Thy goodness to us
  37. Not desiring Thy ordinances
  38. Not long {longing} for Thee in {illeg}
  39. Fearing man above Thee
  40. Vsing unlawful means to bring us out of distresses
  41. Caring for worldly things more than God
  42. Not craving a blessing from God on our honest endeavors.
  43. Missing chapel.
  44. Beating Arthur Storer.
  45. Peevishness at Master Clarks for a piece of bread and butter.
  46. Striving to cheat with a brass halfe crowne.
  47. Twisting a cord on Sunday morning
  48. Reading the history of the Christian champions on Sunday



The fact he took time to write them down shows how much they affected him.

How does your list compare to this? No where near as heinous as these I presume Winky Winky

I don't have a list, and it would vary depending on which religion.
01-08-2012, 02:33 AM #3
elfmotat
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Arthur Storer got the shit beat out of him by Sir Isaac... lol.

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Just4Hax
01-08-2012, 05:01 AM #4
Just4Hax
"I will speak ill of
Originally posted by elfmotat View Post
Arthur Storer got the shit beat out of him by Sir Isaac... lol.

I didn't even notice that part lol. I just can't see Isaac Newton beating anyone/
01-08-2012, 11:28 PM #5
Choco
Respect my authoritah!!
:lol: Stealing plums and sugar
01-08-2012, 11:38 PM #6
BigBlackClocks
Who’s Jim Erased?
I remember when It took plums and suger, then I to an arrow to the knee.
01-09-2012, 01:45 AM #7
PrayForPlagues
The Black Key
With my sister? Wtf?
He died a virgin btw.

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