preceptive

Example Sentences

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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

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)

It is the abstract, preceptive, and barren form, and the presumptuous manner in which these are presented that they detest.

From Children and Their Books by Penniman, James Hosmer

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 Presbytery, The Reformed

The knowledge communicated to us of the preceptive will of God to his church, under the first dispensation, is very limited.

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