Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs argues that Newton's De gravitatione was composed in the year 1684 or early 1684/5. Most scholars (myself included) have fixed its date of composition no later than 1673. Nevertheless, Dobbs's claim is persuasive if not decisive. I shall assume her dating in reassessing the theological outlook that underlies the structure of Newton's Principia. My concern is how Newton's religious and natural philosophical beliefs interrelate within the intellectual context of their making. If Dobbs is right, De gravitatione is part of a creative process (begun in the mid-1680s) that includes the composition of the Principia This is a significant point. Seen from this perspective, De gravitatione expresses the theological world view that animates the Principia itself. To elaborate this theme, I consider “Tempus et locus,” a manuscript which can be dated to the early 1690s. This important manuscript, I argued, is part of Newton's revisions for the first edition of the Principia (1687), begun directly after that treatise was published. In both De gravitatione and “Tempus et locus” he considers the infinity of spatial extension. In De gravitatione he articulates its geometrical structure in relation to the being and activity of God. Once these connections are evident, the preface to the first edition of the Principia (1687) – which outlines relations between mathematics and nature – throws significant light on the structure of Newton's masterwork.