Are there any passages that do clearly distinguish the ceremonial law from the moral law or vice versa

Phrases in the greek (OK the english translation of the greek )such as "precepts of the law" (Romans 2:26) do they have a specific meaning and is that meaning consistent throughout the New Testament?

Do you understand what I mean? Even if "the Law" may mean different things based on the context, are there other phrases which do make the distinction by the particular greek words chosen?

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Eoghan
member,Thurso Baptist Church
Scotland

specialist subject: Creationist Genetics (Bottleneck effect of the Ark)
interests: holiness (practical theology)
member of Biblical Creation Society (available as a guest speaker in the far north of Scotland)

I'm also interested in your question. From what I've read, those who consider parts of the New Testament to be referring to the Ten Commandments rely on contextual implication - 2 or 3 of the ten are mentioned, so the author must have been referring to the ten as a group.

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Paul
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"Deliver me from worldly dispositions, for I am born from above and destined for glory" - Valley of Vision
"They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation" - Peter

Eoghan,

I suggest taking a listen to these (particularly sermons 1-5 which deal directly with what you're asking):

1. The Law or the Prophets: Who Are They?
2. Distinctions in the Law: How is Law Used in Scripture?
3. Distinctions in the Law, Part 2: Ceremonial, Judicial
4. Distinctions in the Law, Part 3: The Moral Law, Part 1
5. Distinctions in the Law, Part 4: The Moral Law, Part 2 - the Moral Law Abides)
6. Uses of the Law, Part 1: Unlawful Uses - As a Means of Justification
7. Uses of the Law, Part 2: Unlawful Uses (Cont.)
8. Uses of the Law, Part 3: Lawful Uses - Who's Law Will Prevail?
9. Lawful Uses of the Law - How Do You Define Sin?
10. Preaching the Law - The Revealer of Sin
11. Uses of the Law, Part 4: Lawful Uses - The Law Binds us to Christ
12. Uses of the Law, Part 5: Lawful Uses - An Affectionate Rule of Life
13. Preaching the Law - Do You Love God's Law?
14. Introduction - The Greatest and the Least
15. Are You Least or Greatest in the Kingdom?
16. Keeping the Least Commandments

Also, you might keep in mind that confessional statement (WCF I.VI) which reads:
Deductive teachings of Scripture should carry just as much weight as those "expressly set down," because they are extrapolated from the textand not read into it. Thus, according to the analogy of Scripture, and the belief that God's Word is neither trivial nor subjective, we do gladly not take deduced teachings from the Scripture lightly.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Dad
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