Digest of Biblical Civil Law

Even a David may have cause to complain that the sons of Zeruiah are too strong for him [2 Sam. 3:39], the Christian Magistrate, is not guilty of tolerating heresies; provided always, that he has endeavored so far as he can to extirpate heresies, and to establish the true religion only.

- George Gillespie, Wholesome Severity Reconciled with Christian Liberty (1644), at http://www.naphtali.com/articles/george-gillespie/wholesome-severity/