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A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches…
A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches in England agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers in their meeting at the Savoy, October 12, 1658.
London: printed by John Field, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XXIV. Of the civil Magistrate.
God the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil Magistrates to be under him, over the people for his own glory and the public good; and to this end hath armed them with the power of the sword, for the defence and encouragement of them that do good, and for the punishment of evil doers.
GOd the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil Magistrates to be under him, over the people for his own glory and the publique good; and to this end hath armed them with the power of the sword, for the defence and incouragement of them that do good, and for the punishment of evil doers.
II.
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 Commonwealth; so for that end they may lawfully now ⟨p. 42⟩under the new Testament wage war upon just and necessary occasion.