| The purpose of Hammams was twofold: they involved a religious element, as they were used to perform the preceptive ritual of ablution, and also a social aspect, representing a meeting point and area for recreation. |
| To ascertain our duty we must look at the preceptive will of God and not to his eternal counsel. |
| It may be necessary to notice the only preceptive passage in the New Testament which apparently bears a different aspect. |
| The knowledge communicated to us of the preceptive will of God to his church, under the first dispensation, is very limited. |
| Well, because Scotty's throwaway lines are usually more preceptive than anyone else's main points. |
| Hence the present epistle differs strikingly in its preceptive part from the other two. |
