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Originally Posted by Kevin 
BTW an interesting question would be to answered would be "How many Divines fenced or carried swords?" After all some of them were "gentlemen" and the practice was still nearly universal at that time.
I think that the key to properly understanding LC136 is to be found in the use of "immoderate".
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In that time, people learned and carried the sword as a way of protection. The divines would not have approved of people resolving personal disputes with the sword; and more importantly neither would Scripture.