1670. C. Gataker, in Gatakers Antid. Errour, Ep. Ded. A iij. The Stars, Skie, Air, or other Elements, which are all uneffective upon the wills of men.
a. 1676. Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., IV. vii. (1677), 351. Yet a Law or Rule or Order is a dead, unactive, uneffective thing of it self.