Lex, Rex, or the Law and the Prince: A Dispute for the Just Prerogative of King and People; Containing the Reasons and Causes of the Most Necessary Defensive Wars of the Kingdom of Scotland, and of Their Expedition for the Aid and Help of Their Dear Breth - Hardcover

Samuel Rutherford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026555098X ISBN 13: 9780265550984

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Lex, Rex, or the Law and the Prince: A Dispute for the Just Prerogative of King and People; Containing the Reasons and Causes of the Most Necessary Defensive Wars of the Kingdom of Scotland, and of Their Expedition for the Aid and Help of Their Dear Brethren of England

Whether royal power and definite forms of government be from God, That kings are from God, understood in a fourfold sense - The royal power hath warrant from divine institution - The three forms of government not different in specie and nature - How every form is from God - How government is an ordinance of man, 1 Pet. Ii. 13.

Question IV. Whether or no the king be only and immediately from God and not from the people.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 026555098X
• ISBN 13: 9780265550984
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 311