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60221 In Defense of the Faith, p. 15.2 (William Henry Branson)

… a nature inherently sinful and dying. Immortality and eternal life come only through the gospel, and are bestowed as the free gift of God at the second advent …

60222 In Defense of the Faith, p. 19.2 (William Henry Branson)

… unchanging nature of the law of God as contained in the Ten Commandments. In his renunciation of Seventh-day Adventism he claims to have discovered that …

60223 In Defense of the Faith, p. 24.4 (William Henry Branson)

… the nature of God and the nature of man, and their unchangeable relation to each other.”— Sermons on Several Occasions (New York: Waugh & Mason, 1836), vol. 1, pp. 221, 222 …

60224 In Defense of the Faith, p. 26.5 (William Henry Branson)

… regeneration. Naturally, men who accept these heresies would desire to be rid of a law which purports to have come from God who, in their reckoning, does not …

60225 In Defense of the Faith, p. 40.3 (William Henry Branson)

… should naturally expect it to be perfect. Of the extent of this law we read: ‘Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments …

60226 In Defense of the Faith, p. 56.4 (William Henry Branson)

… would naturally give the impression that it belonged in that class and was not ceremonial in nature, as, were the laws of Moses. But, of course, if God only picked …

60227 In Defense of the Faith, p. 69.4 (William Henry Branson)

… their nature, it is strange that there is no record of it, no reference to it in the Bible.”— Ibid ., p. 309.

60228 In Defense of the Faith, p. 73.1 (William Henry Branson)

… the nature of the moral and ceremonial laws, Mr. Canright proceeds to show how the moral law contained in the Ten Commandments was given at Mount Sinai. He pictures …

60229 In Defense of the Faith, p. 76.3 (William Henry Branson)

… very nature of things, it must cease. But why should any moral precept be done away there? There is neither reason nor Scripture for such a position.”— Ibid ., pp. 25 …

60230 In Defense of the Faith, p. 78.20 (William Henry Branson)

… their nature, it is strange that there is no record of it, no reference to it in the Bible.”— Seventh-day Adventism Renounced, pp. 308, 309. But just three years before …

60231 In Defense of the Faith, p. 82.3 (William Henry Branson)

… very nature, restricted in their application to certain persons, times, and places. Here, again, we find evidence of the morality of the Sabbath. As we have shown …

60232 In Defense of the Faith, p. 93.1 (William Henry Branson)

… should naturally suppose that this cry of ‘lost time’ would be confined to those who claim that there is no Sabbath now binding; but this is not the case. They …

60233 In Defense of the Faith, p. 95.3 (William Henry Branson)

“The lives of these three men span the whole time from Eden even to the old age of Abraham. How easy and natural for them to hand down the Sabbath from father to son without any probability of losing it.

60234 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110 (William Henry Branson)

Chapter 7 — The Nature of the Sabbath Commandment

60235 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.1 (William Henry Branson)

One of Mr. Canright’s strong arguments against the Sabbath commandment is that it is not entirely moral in its nature, but partly ceremonial, and was therefore of temporary obligation only. On this point, after becoming a Baptist, he wrote:

60236 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.2 (William Henry Branson)

“That the Sabbath of the Ten Commandments was partly moral and partly ceremonial, or positive, in its nature has been the doctrine of the church as taught by its best theologians in all ages.”— Seventh-day Adventism Renounced, p. 166.

60237 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.7 (William Henry Branson)

… different nature, containing no test of moral character. The only importance attached to it is that of a day for physical rest and religious gatherings.

60238 In Defense of the Faith, p. 111.1 (William Henry Branson)

… the nature and. design of God’s Sabbath day is as much higher than this view of it as heaven is higher than the earth. That it is not only a moral institution, but …

60239 In Defense of the Faith, p. 115.1 (William Henry Branson)

… their nature, and of perpetual and universal application, applying through all ages and to all nations. Look at them. 1. You shall have no other gods. 2. You shall …

60240 In Defense of the Faith, p. 118.3 (William Henry Branson)

… different natures,—the first was unchangeable, perpetual, and for all people; but the second was only ceremonial, temporal, and for one nation.”— Ibid ., pp. 59-61.