Introduction

Biography

At age 17, New­ton went to Lon­don, where he joined a Bap­tist church led by B. Wall­in. In 1757, he be­came as­sist­ant min­is­ter to J. Tom­mas, pas­tor of the Bap­tist church in Pith­ay, Bris­tol, and in 1770, class­ic­al tu­tor at the Bap­tist col­lege in Bris­tol. He held both po­si­tions un­til his death.