preceptive

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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 Shields, Alexander

It may be necessary to notice the only preceptive passage in the New Testament which apparently bears a different aspect.

From Christian Devotedness by Groves, Anthony Norris

Chief among these is the collection of Don Fernando Juncos, of San Juan, which contains 15,000 volumes of classic and preceptive literature and social and economic science, 1,200 volumes of which bear the author's autographs.

From The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by Van Middeldyk, R. A. (Rudolph Adams)

We might infer this from the extent of the reading, which was sufficient for all the preceptive parts of the Pentateuch.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

But there is a great difference between his decretive and his preceptive will.

From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low