{"id":"23.2","chapter":23,"number":2,"text":"It is lawful for Christians to accept and execute the Office of a Magistrate; when called thereunto: in the managing whereof, as they ought especially to maintain Piety, Justice, and Peace, according to the wholsom 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:","proofs":["Proverbs 8:15–16","Romans 13:1–2","Romans 13:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 8:15–16","osis":["Prov.8.15-Prov.8.16"]},{"printed":"Romans 13:1–2","osis":["Rom.13.1-Rom.13.2"]},{"printed":"Romans 13:4","osis":["Rom.13.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"in the managing whereof, as they ought especially to maintain Piety, Justice, and Peace, according to the wholsom Laws of each Commonwealth;","proofs":["Psalm 2:10–12","1 Timothy 2:2","Psalm 82:3–4","2 Samuel 23:3","1 Peter 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 2:10–12","osis":["Ps.2.10-Ps.2.12"]},{"printed":"1 Timothy 2:2","osis":["1Tim.2.2"]},{"printed":"Psalm 82:3–4","osis":["Ps.82.3-Ps.82.4"]},{"printed":"2 Samuel 23:3","osis":["2Sam.23.3"]},{"printed":"1 Peter 2:13","osis":["1Pet.2.13"]}],"note":null},{"text":"so, for that end, they may lawfully now, under the New Testament, wage War, upon just and necessary occasion.","proofs":["Luke 3:14","Romans 13:4","Matthew 8:9–10","Acts 10:1–2","Revelation 17:14","Revelation 17:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 3:14","osis":["Luke.3.14"]},{"printed":"Romans 13:4","osis":["Rom.13.4"]},{"printed":"Matthew 8:9–10","osis":["Matt.8.9-Matt.8.10"]},{"printed":"Acts 10:1–2","osis":["Acts.10.1-Acts.10.2"]},{"printed":"Revelation 17:14","osis":["Rev.17.14"]},{"printed":"Revelation 17:16","osis":["Rev.17.16"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1677":["24.2"],"lbcf1689":["24.2"],"savoy1658":["24.2"],"wcf1646-modernized":["23.2"]},"diffs":[{"source":"lbcf1689","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"managing","position":null},{"text":"Piety,","position":null}]},{"source":"savoy1658","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"managing","position":null},{"text":"e","position":16},{"text":"Piety,","position":null}]},{"source":"lbcf1677","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"managing","position":null},{"text":"Piety,","position":null},{"text":"New Testament,","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}