obediential

comparative more obediential · superlative most obediential

1. obsoleteusuallylifestyleOf or related to obedience; or obedient.

   an obediential subjection to the Lord of Nature

   a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

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   So that upon the whole matter it is very evident that we are not justified by the merit of our own works, but by a fiducial obediential dependence upon Jesus Christ and his righteousness, as the condition on our part of our right to impunity and salvation, which was the truth that Paul in this and the foregoing chapter had been fixing as the great spring and foundation of all our comfort.

   1700s, Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible, Romans