Definition of "effectour"
effectour
noun
plural effectours
Quotations
Therefore all are from God their authour and effectour, and are wrought by Gods prouidence.
1611, Henrie Parrie, transl., The Summe of Christian Religion: Deliuered by Zacharias Vrsinus in His Lectures upon the Catechisme, Authorised by the Noble Prince Frederick Throughout His Dominions, London: […] H. L., page 348
Heereby we learne, that men are regenerated and borne a-new by the Miniſtery of the Word to bee the Children of God, and Co[-]heires with Chriſt of eternall life, God working by the meanes of his word, and by the Miniſtery of his Seruants, whereby hee conueyeth it vnto vs, his Spirit being the powerfull Applyer, Bleſſer, and Effectour of this new-birth.
1612, William Attersoll, A Commentarie vpon the Epistle of Saint Paule to Philemon, London: […] William Iaggard, page 205
The one is the principall authour, worker, and effectour of all ſinnes as ſinnes, and men only his inſtruments to do that ſinne which he workes by them: […]
1630, I[ames] S[harpe], The Triall of the Protestant Priuate Spirit: VVherein Their Doctrine, Making the Sayd Spirit the Sole Ground & Meanes of Their Beliefe, Is Confuted, the second part, page 295