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APPENDIX V
THE COVENANTAL SABBATH
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DISTINCTION BETWEEN
MORAL AND CEREMONIAL LAW
Yost ("Doctrine, etc., p. 16) has drawn
up the following distinctive table: —
"Comparison of the two
laws"
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Moral Law
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Law of Ordinances
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Ex. 32:16; Deut. 4:13;
9:10; 10:1-4
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Authorship
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Deut. 31:24.
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Ex. 20:1, 19
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By Whom Spoken
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Ex. 21:1; 24:3.
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Deut. 10:4
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Contents
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Ex. chaps. 21 to 23; Lev.
chaps. 1 to 7, 11 to 27;
Neh. 8:1-3, 13-15; 9:3.
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Ex. 31:18; 32:16; Deut.
9:10; 10:4
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Material of Record
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Ex. 24:4-7; Deut. 31:26.
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Deut. 10:5; I Kings 8:9
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Place of Preservation
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Deut. 31:26.
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Eccl. 12:13; Rom. 7:7-10;
James 1:22-25; 2:8-12
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Purpose
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Heb. 9:6-15; John 1:36;
Col. 2:16, 17.
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Ps. 19:7; 89:34; 119:172;
Rom. 7:12, 14
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Character
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Heb. 7:16, 19, 28; 9:10;
10:1; Eph. 2:15.
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Ps. 111:7-9; Matt. 5:17-19;
Rom.3:31;
James 2:10-12
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Duration
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Heb. 7:12, 18; Acts 15:5,
19, 20; Heb. 9:9, 10;
Col. 2:13-17."
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It follows from this, that, apart from any
other even deeper considerations, the (weekly) moral sabbath as
part of the moral law is distinct from the ceremonial sabbath as
part of the ceremonial law.
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