preceptive
Example Sentences
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He had both providence turning about the kingdom to him, and also the warrant of the Lord's approbative and preceptive will.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
If every providential power is also preceptive, the answer must be given in the affirmative.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by The Reformed Presbytery
It will not be refused, that all such preceptive magistrates are also providential.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by The Reformed Presbytery
In its outward form it may be preceptive, historical, or meditative.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
Justice should be done, by a civil power—agreeable to God's preceptive will.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
