the penalty of death
that was set aside. At another, it was the glory of Moses' face that was
done away. And at another, it was none of all these, but it was the
ceremonial law of Moses that was done away.

All these positions were taken by one man, in one discussion with the
writer of these lines. All such turns are cheap; it requires no great
wisdom to accommodate yourself in this manner to the force of
circumstances. The fact that the "first covenant" was a "testament," or a
body of laws with certain promises annexed, as well as penalties, is
evident from Paul's statement in the ninth chapter of his letter to the
Hebrews. He says, "Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of
divine service, and a worldly sanctuary, for there was a tabernacle made;
the first wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the show-bread;
which is called the sanctuary." The distinction which our friends make
between "Moses' law" and "God's law," as they are pleased to express it,
is not only unscriptural, the two phrases being inter-changeable, but also
_absurd_. Moses gave all, that these men are pleased to term his law, in
the name of the Lord. The law of the passover, found in the twelfth
chapter of Exodus, is prefaced with these words: "And the Lord God said
unto Moses." In the twenty-fifth chapter of the same book we have the laws
concerning the ark, the tabernacle, the priestly service, and all are
introduced with this saying: "And the Lord spake unto Moses." Moses never
gave a law in his own name. Neither did he give one of his own in the name
of the Lord, because it would have cost him his life. The Lord had guarded
this point in the following: "But the prophet which presumes to speak a
word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall
speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die." Now one of
two things is evident: first, all the laws that Moses gave in the name of
the Lord were His; or, secondly, Moses violated the law governing the
prophet. And if the record is false on this account, how can we trust it
in other respects? It is as easy to turn God out of all the pentateuch,
and put Moses into it, as to maintain the proposition that Moses had a law
of his own. Sabbatarians act the part of the unbeliever in getting the
Lord out of the law that was done away, and Moses into it. All that is
accredited to the Lord was His, otherwise the record is untrustworthy. If
our friend's positio