preceptive

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Hence it must be concluded, either that the preceptive will of God in the scriptures is imperfect, or the laws therein repealable by providence; or then that providence cannot be the rule of human actions.

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

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

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)

The value which we attach to the volume depends, however, rather on its preceptive than its antiquarian character.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John