{"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 specially to maintain Justice and Peace, according to the wholesome Laws of each Commonwealth; so for that end they may lawfully now under the new Testament wage war upon just and necessary occasion.","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 specially to maintain Justice and Peace, according to the wholesome Laws of each Commonwealth; so for that end they may lawfully now under the new Testament wage war upon just and necessary occasion.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1689-modernized":["24.2"],"savoy1658":["24.2"],"wcf1646-modernized":["23.2"]},"diffs":[{"source":"wcf1646-modernized","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"management","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}