{"passage":["Ezra 7:23"],"results":[{"document":"wcf1646","id":"20.4","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646/paragraphs/20.4","segments":[{"text":"and by the Power of the Civil Magistrate.","proofs":["Ezra 7:23"]}]},{"document":"wcf1646","id":"23.3","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646/paragraphs/23.3","segments":[{"text":"yet, he hath Authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that Unity and Peace be preserved in the Church, that the Truth of God be kept pure, and intire; that all Blasphemies and Heresies be suppressed; all corruptions and abuses in Worship and Discipline prevented, or reformed; and all the Ordinances of God duly setled, administred, and observed.","proofs":["Ezra 7:23"]}]},{"document":"wcf1646-modernized","id":"20.4","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646-modernized/paragraphs/20.4","segments":[{"text":"and by the Power of the Civil Magistrate.","proofs":["Ezra 7:23"]}]},{"document":"wcf1646-modernized","id":"23.3","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646-modernized/paragraphs/23.3","segments":[{"text":"yet, he has Authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that Unity and Peace be preserved in the Church, that the Truth of God be kept pure, and entire; that all Blasphemies and Heresies be suppressed; all corruptions and abuses in Worship and Discipline prevented, or reformed; and all the Ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.","proofs":["Ezra 7:23"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"23","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/23","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["Ezra 7:23, 25–28"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"31","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/31","segments":[{"text":"(2) Because, it is the duty of the civil Magistrate being born within the church, to take care that Peace and Unity be preserved and keeped in the Church: that the Truth and Word of GOD, be intirely, and soundly Preached and obeyed: that blasphemies and heresies be kept under and supprest; that all corruptions in Worship and Discipline be reformed: that all GODS Ordinances be lawfully established, administred, and preserved. And if it should happen, that both Church and State Judicaturies, should make an universal defection from the purity of doctrine and worship received and acknowledged, it is the duty of a godly King, by vertue of his Regal Power, and Authority, to set about a work of Reformation, and to call and command all ranks of People to return to the true Worship and Service of GOD;","proofs":["Ezra 7:23, 25–28"]}]}]}