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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 30, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 39, No. 20.

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SUMMING UP OF DISCUSSION WITH GRANT.

By John Norton Loughborough

AFFIRMATIVE ARGUMENTS.

1. The weekly Sabbath distinguished from feasts was put in moral code.
2. The reason from creation—facts and reasons still remain.
3. Fourth commandment linked in its destiny with the other nine moral precepts. If one goes, they all go.
4. Christ enforced the whole law—every jot and tittle of it.
5. It was obligatory on the Gentiles. Rom. 2.
6. Decalogue commanded to a thousand generations.
7. Prophecy fastens it in this dispensation. Isa. 56.
8. Christ recognized the Sabbath as late as A. D. 70.
9. The reason of the fourth precept applies to Gentiles and beasts of burden.
10. The Sabbath brought over plainly, and taught by Christ and apostles.
11. All hangs on love to God and neighbor.
12. The Sabbath, with the other nine, before old covenant.
13. Atonement of Christ relates to the ten precepts.
14. Written on hearts of Gentiles under new covenant.
15. More proof that the Sabbath existed and was obligatory before the old covenant was made than there is for the precept “Love God with all the heart,” &c.
16. The Sabbath was made for man—for all men.
17. It was a sign of creation, forever.
18. It still exists in paradise restored. Isa. 66.

CONTRADICTIONS! GRANT VS. THE BIBLE.

1. Makes the Sabbath a day memorial of coming out of Egypt. In Ex. 12, “Night to be observed,” &c.
2. God’s rest, no reason why we should rest. But God himself gives that very reason.
3. No uncircumcised person could keep the Sabbath. But the women, and nearly all Israel for forty years kept it without circumcision.
4. Christ taught men to break the Sabbath. But he declares what they did was “lawful”!
5. Christ himself broke the Sabbath. “I have kept my Father’s commandments.”
6. None could get possession of the land without circumcision. The two and a half tribes did get inheritance without circumcision.
7. Nothing in the decalogue takes hold of the heart. “Thou shalt not covet,” “Love me,” “Hate me,” &c.
8. New covenant with saints, but old only with Jews. New covenant with Israel and Judah.
9. God wrote more than the ten commandments. “He added no more.”
10. The decalogue is never called, “a law.” “Tables,” and “a law,” “which I have written.” Ex. 24.
11. Ten commandments are old covenant. Old covenant answered only to Jerusalem, was faulty, waxed old, decayed, &c.
12. None but Israel ever required to keep Sabbath. Isa. 56 proves the Gentiles were required to keep it.
13. No grace or mercy in the decalogue. “Showing mercy unto thousands,” &c.
14. They could not keep the commandment, Love God and neighbor under old covenant. Then God required impossibilities!!
15. Nothing, not a hint, about selfishness in the decalogue. See, “Thou shalt not covet.”
16. Not a hint about pardon in the decalogue. “Showing mercy, &c.”
17. Paul’s Sabbath preaching always in the Jewish synagogue. Preached to Gentiles, whole city, and out by river side.
18. He that loves the Lord will love to keep the first day, after admitting that there is no commandment for it. But, “This is love of God that we keep his commandments.”
19. They could not go out of their houses on the Sabbath. God required them to go to the temple to worship.
20. Sabbath, a sign of deliverance from Egypt. Sign of God’s rest from all his work. Ex. 31.
21. The covenant never called “a law.” Ten commandments are called “a law” (Ex. 24), hence not old covenant.

GRANT VS. GRANT.

1. The law was that they should not go out of houses on the Sabbath. Do not mean that there was such a standing law.
2. First evening, said it was wrong to marry a sister. Sixth evening, said Abraham married his sister, and no wrong about it.
3. They could not keep the Sabbath. The Sabbath can be kept, but is not in California.
4. No uncircumcised person could keep it. Admits Israel were not circumcised during the forty years.
5. Christ abolished the decalogue and re-enacted nine commandments. The nine commandments never re-enacted—were always in force.
6. Denies that there were two laws. The moral law was not abolished.
7. Nothing in decalogue against selfishness. Admitted tenth commandment against it.
8. Decalogue, covenant of works and bondage—rigid, &c. Law in new covenant more rigid than before.
9. The decalogue, as a whole, abolished. Moral precepts cannot be abolished.
10. Sabbath not binding because not given over. No commandment for first-day. It is binding on all.
11. The Sabbath of the decalogue corresponds to our Saturday. We cannot be sure that we now have the identical day.
12. The Sabbath a type of final rest of one thousand years. Of course then it must continue to antitype!
13. Reads Rom. 7, about law being dead, &c. Then said it did not apply to the decalogue.
14. The old covenant was agreement of parties. The old covenant was mutual commandments!
15. The decalogue, never called “a law.” Then quoted law texts to prove it abolished!
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Santa Rosa, April 10, 1872.