{"id":"24.2","chapter":24,"number":2,"text":"It is lawful for Christians to Accept and Execute the Office of a Magistrate, when called thereunto; in the management whereof, as they ought especially to maintain Justice, and Peace, according to the wholesom Laws of each Kingdom, and Commonwealth: So for that end they may lawfully now under the New Testament wage War upon just and necessary occasions.","segments":[{"text":"It is lawful for Christians to Accept and Execute the Office of a Magistrate, when called thereunto; in the management whereof, as they ought especially to maintain Justice, and Peace, according to the wholesom Laws of each Kingdom, and Commonwealth: So for that end they may lawfully now under the New Testament","proofs":["2 Samuel 23:3","Psalm 82:3–4"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 23:3","osis":["2Sam.23.3"]},{"printed":"Psalm 82:3–4","osis":["Ps.82.3-Ps.82.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"wage War upon just and necessary occasions.","proofs":["Luke 3:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 3:14","osis":["Luke.3.14"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1677":["24.2"],"lbcf1689-modernized":["24.2"],"phila1742":["25.2"],"savoy1658":["24.2"],"wcf1646":["23.2"]},"diffs":[{"source":"wcf1646","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"management","position":null},{"text":"Kingdom, and","position":null},{"text":"s","position":15}]},{"source":"savoy1658","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"e","position":17},{"text":"Kingdom, and","position":null},{"text":"s","position":15}]},{"source":"lbcf1677","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"New Testament","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}