Confession Library / 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith / Of the Civil Magistrate
LBCF1689 24.2
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,1 according to the wholesome laws of each kingdom and commonwealth, so for that end they may lawfully now, under the New Testament, wage war upon just and necessary occasions.2
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