{"id":"25.2","chapter":25,"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 wholesome 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 wholesome 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":{"lbcf1689":["24.2"]},"diffs":[],"page":"86","leaf":86}