ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
1. Not promised or secured by a (spec. a Divine) covenant.
1648. Hexham, II. Onbevoorwaerdet, Vncovenanted.
1689. Sherlock, Death, iii. § 7 (1731), 207. They must be saved by uncovenanted Grace and Mercy.
a. 1711. Ken, Hymnarium, Poet. Wks. 1721, II. 133. Since we the Grace that we obtain, By Supereffluence uncovenanted gain.
a. 1806. Bp. Horsley, Serm. (1816), III. xxxviii. 165. I will cast me on his free uncovenanted mercy.
1887. S. Cox, Expositions, Ser. III. xiii. 177. On the testimony of the Bible itself … his uncovenanted mercies are just as sure as his covenanted mercies.
b. Lying outside of any Divine covenant.
1858. J. Martineau, Stud. Chr., 114. Many a parable did Jesus utter, proclaiming his Father’s intended mercy to the uncovenanted nations.
1860. Bp. S. Wilberforce, Addr. Ordination, 41. Men who lay in the uncovenanted darkness of a fallen nature.
2. Not sanctioned by, not in accordance with, a covenant or agreement.
1727. E. Lawrence, Duty of Steward, 55. I have known Instances of Gentlemen’s Estates sinking very much by irregular and uncovenanted practices.
3. Not bound by a covenant; spec. in the Indian Civil Service (cf. COVENANTED ppl a. 4).
1790. Burke, Fr. Rev., 88. The first fundamental right of uncovenanted man, that is, to judge for himself, and to assert his own cause.
1845. Stocqueler, Handbk. Brit. India (1854), 105. The uncovenanted servants, the East Indians, and the natives themselves.
1884. Truth, 13 March, 386/2. A member of the uncovenanted service of India.
b. Not having subscribed the Covenant.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xviii. The present government, which, however mild and paternal, was still uncovenanted.
1855. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., III. 706. These men continued … to disclaim all allegiance to an uncovenanted Sovereign.
1889. Lowell, Latest Lit. Ess., Walton (1891), 74. Some foraging party from Leslie’s army which would not have spared his uncovenanted chickens.
