divine decree

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The British colonizers were driven by the belief that they were entitled by divine decree and by royal declaration to live on and use the land and resources of North America.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Moreover, it is certain that I am not a champion of religion by the law of Nature, that is, by the divine decree.

From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph

It is Asshur that shall do more for the realization of that divine decree first revealed by Moses.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

I nevah saw so cleahly the divine decree which has fo’eo’dained us to this opulence.

From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert

The Bible tells us that God made us in His image and placed us here to carry out a divine decree.

From In His Image by Bryan, William Jennings