{"id":"31.5","chapter":31,"number":5,"text":"Synods and Councels are to handle, or conclude nothing, but that which is Ecclesiastical: and are not to intermeddle with Civil Affairs which concern the Commonwealth; unless by way of humble Petition, in cases extraordinary; or, by way of Advice, for satisfaction of Conscience, if they be thereunto required by the Civil Magistrate.","segments":[{"text":"Synods and Councels are to handle, or conclude nothing, but that which is Ecclesiastical: and are not to intermeddle with Civil Affairs which concern the Commonwealth; unless by way of humble Petition, in cases extraordinary; or, by way of Advice, for satisfaction of Conscience, if they be thereunto required by the Civil Magistrate.","proofs":["Luke 12:13–14","John 18:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 12:13–14","osis":["Luke.12.13-Luke.12.14"]},{"printed":"John 18:36","osis":["John.18.36"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"wcf1646-modernized":["31.5"]},"diffs":[],"page":null,"leaf":null}