convictive

His way of reasoning is always his own, sometimes sublime and heavenly, so as not to be reduced unto the common rules of our arts and sciences, without a derogation from its instructive, convictive, and persuasive efficacy.

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

Confidence, not fear, is the keynote of a strong and convictive doctrine.

The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 United States. Dept. of Defense

When they arrived in New York she confronted everybody whom she met with a stony stare, which was almost accusative and convictive of guilt, in spite of entire innocence on the part of the person stared at.

The Copy-Cat, & Other Stories 1910

Laws in many Nations have been enacted against those vile practices; those amongst the Jews and our own are notorious; such cases have often been determined near us by wise and reverend Judges, upon clear and convictive Evidence; and thousands of our own Nation have suffered death for their vile compacts with Apostate spirits.

Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study 1886

His importunate exercises in prayer and exhortation, should they be all noted, would fill many pages; but I have noted his soliloquy in the above lines, as that through which we may take the most immediate view of the soul's exercises, when under the convictive operations of God's spirit.

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers 1846

THE last part of this third discourse endeavours to shew, "that the Scripture is not convictive of the most obstinate and acute adversaries."

The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820

The arguments were specious and plausible, but not quite convictive.

The Offspring of Fancy Anonymous 1778

In case it should appear that any have committed the irremissible blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, and the total apostasy from the illuminating convictive powers of the Christian religion, it should seem that they are not to be prayed for at all.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

Spirit of God in the testimony that he has given to Christ and his gospel, and a total apostasy from the light and convictive evidence of the truth of the Christian religion.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

With the evidences and convictive assurances that the apostle and his brethren had of the Mediator's presence and converse in this world.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721