“The other part of the true religion is our duty to man.”

—  Isaac Newton

Of Humanity
A short Schem of the true Religion
Context: The other part of the true religion is our duty to man. We must love our neighbour as our selves, we must be charitable to all men for charity is the greatest of graces, greater then even faith or hope & covers a multitude of sins. We must be righteous & do to all men as we would they should do to us.

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