preceptive

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

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

For the reason just indicated, we think the common estimate of the actual influence of even the costliest preceptive sayings is monstrously exaggerated.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various

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)

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)

Thus far they are correct, but it is apprehended that they do not make a proper distinction between the ordination of God and his preceptive will for man.

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