Paragraph 23.2
Of the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
It is lawful for Christians to accept and execute the Office of a Magistrate; when called thereunto:1 in the managing whereof, as they ought especially to maintain Piety, Justice, and Peace, according to the wholesome Laws of each Commonwealth;2 so, for that end, they may lawfully now, under the New Testament, wage War, upon just and necessary occasion.3
The 1689 Baptist Confession
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, according to the wholesome Laws of each Kingdom, and Commonwealth: So for that end they may lawfully now under the New Testament1 wage War upon just and necessary occasions.2