Philadelphia Confession of Faith · Chapter 25

Of the Civil Magistrate

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2. 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^a wage War upon just and necessary Occasions.^b

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

a2 Samuel 23:3; Psalm 82:3–4
bLuke 3:14

Related texts

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 24.2

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