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of the Peace, II, 4.
[33]
[In Chapter VIII Althusius identified the inspector as one who presided over a diocese, or a bishop.]
[34] Examples of these pious visitations can be seen in I Samuel 7:3; II Kings 2:4, 6; I Kings 15:11; II Chronicles 31:4; 34:3,
8; 19:4–6; Acts 14:21; 15:36, 41; 18:23; and in many other places referred to by Wilhelm Zepper, De politica ecclesiastica, III,
11.
[35] Exodus 12:1; Leviticus 9:1; 11:1; 13:1; 15:1; Numbers 2:1; 4:1; 19:1; 20:23; 26:1; II Chronicles 17:7–9. Ecclesiastical
ministers were employed by David (II Samuel 7:2; II Chronicles 29:25); Jehoash (II Kings 12:1 f., 10), and Josiah (II Chronicles
34:15, 20). For examples of aid provided and furnished by the magistrate in ecclesiastical affairs, see Joshua 5:2; 6:6; 8:30, 35;
II Samuel 6:10; I Chronicles 23 ff.; I Kings 5:6–8; II Chronicles 15:8; 17; 24; 34 f.; Exodus 5:1; Numbers 1:17; 14 f.; 27:2;
32:2. See the examples of David (II Samuel 7:2; II Chronicles 29:25), Solomon (II Chronicles 29:15; I Kings 8:1), Jehoash (II
Chronicles 34:5, 20), Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:2), and Hezekiah (II Chronicles 29).
[36] This is evident from the example of other pious kings. II Chronicles 17; 22; 31; 34; II Kings 18; 22 f.; Exodus 32; Joshua
22. See Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, V, 10.
[37] See the examples of Josiah, Jehoshaphat, and Hezekiah.
[38] I maintain this by the example of the Jus Civilis (Code I, 9); Peter Martyr, Commentarii (Judges 1:36); Jerome
Zanchius, De redemptione, I, 19, 5; George Sohn, Commentarius (Psalm 59); Lambert Daneau, Politices christianae, IV, 2;
Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, III, 25; V, 2.
[39]
[The pertinent references to Martyr and Zanchius are found in the preceding footnote.]
[40] See Peter Martyr, Commentarii (Judges 1:36). I have also discussed this in my Civilis Conversationis Libri Duo.
[41] See the example of the Apostle Paul who did not turn away from the Corinthian church, corrupted as it was by many
errors. I Corinthians 15. Nor did Christ reject his disciples even though they were involved in great errors, but he was patient with
them and trained them to know better.
[42]
Luke 9:55.
[43] Eusebius, The Life of Constantine, I, 38.
[44]
“The arms of our soldiers are not of the flesh, but are made efficacious by heaven for the overthrow of the ramparts.” II
Corinthians 10:4. “The servant of God ought to be gentle toward all, fitted for teaching, and patient toward evil persons.” II
Timothy 2:24.
[45]
1 Kings II:4 ff.
[46] Jean Bodin, The Commonweale, III, 7.
[47] [ De autonomia. ]
XXIX–XXXVII SECULAR ADMINISTRATION
XXIX
[§ 1] WE HAVE COMPLETED our discussion of the ecclesiastical administration of the magistrate, and turn now to secular or civil
administration. Secular administration is the process by which the magistrate rightly and faithfully attends to the civil functions of
the second table of the Decalogue. These pertain to the establishment and conservation of good order, proper discipline, and selfsufficiency
in the commonwealth, and to the extension of the advantages and aids of this life and the avoidance of
disadvantages. …
[§ 2] In this administration of justice the magistrate should always and regularly observe that moderation is exercised, and that
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