preceptive

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If the first, then they cannot intend any but those moral powers who are said to be of God, in respect of his approbative and preceptive will.

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 Presbytery, The Reformed

On the contrary, Prudence is preceptive, according to Ethic. vi, 10.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

If the distinction between the preceptive and providential will of God is to be overthrown, then providence must be expressive of God's approbative ordination, equally as his revealed will is.

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 Presbytery, The Reformed

Justice should be done, by a civil power—agreeable to God's preceptive will.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

The general burden and strain of the Discourse with which the Redeemer opened His ministry is preceptive and mandatory.

From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)