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 The Reformed Presbytery
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 The Reformed Presbytery
I have learned something,—'Help yourself' is a grand new principle: it is not a moral principle, but a preceptive formula.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
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 William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
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 The Reformed Presbytery
