Lex, Rex, Or The Law And The Prince: A Dispute For The Just Prerogative Of King And People

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Originally published in 1644 by Scottish Presbyterian Minister Reverend Samuel Rutherford, this is a copy of the 1843 printing. Lex, Rex defends the rule of law and the lawfulness of defensive wars and advocates limited government and constitutionalism in politics. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF RUTHERFORD AUTHOR'S PREFACE QUESTION I: Whether government be by a divine law QUESTION II: Whether or no government be warranted by the law of nature QUESTION III: Whether royal power and definite forms of government be from God QUESTION IV: Whether or no the king be only and immediately from God, and not from the people QUESTION V: Whether or no the P. Prelate proveth that sovereignty is immediately from God, not from QUESTION VI: Whether or no the king be so allenarly from both, in regard of sovereignty and designa QUESTION VII: Whether the P. Prelate conclude that neither constitution nor designation of kings is QUESTION VIII: Whether or no the P. Prelate proveth, by force of reason, that the people cannot be QUESTION IX: Whether or no sovereignty is so in and from the people, that they may resume their powe QUESTION X: Whether or not royal birth be equivalent to divine unction QUESTION XI: Whether or no he be more principally a king who is a king by birth, or he who is a kin QUESTION XII: Whether or no a kingdom may lawfully be purchased by the sole title of conquest QUESTION XIII: Whether or no royal dignity have its spring from nature, and how it is true "Every m QUESTION XIV: Whether or no the people make a person their king conditionally or absolutely; and wh QUESTION XV: Whether the king be univocally, or only analogically and by proportion, a father QUESTION XVI: Whether or no a despotical or masterly dominion agree to the king, because he is king QUESTION XVII: Whether or no the prince have properly the fiduciary or ministerial power of a tutor QUESTION XVIII: What is the law or manner of the king (1 Sam. 8:9, 11) discussed fully QUESTION XIX: Whether or no the king be in dignity and power above the people QUESTION XX: Whether inferior judges be essentially the immediate vicegerents of God, as Kings, not QUESTION XXI: What power the people and states of parliament hath over the king and in the state QUESTION XXII: Whether the power of the king, as king, be absolute, or dependent and limited by God QUESTION XXIII: Whether the king hath a prerogative royal above law QUESTION XXIV: What relation the king hath to the law QUESTION XXV: Whether the supreme law, the safety of the people, be above the king QUESTION XXVI: Whether the king be above the law QUESTION XXVII: Whether or no the king be the sole, supreme, and final interpreter of the law QUESTION XXVIII: Whether or no wars raised by the estates and subjects for their own just defence a QUESTION XXIX: Whether, in the case of defensive wars, the distinction of the person of the king as QUESTION XXX: Whether or no passive obedience be a mean to which we are subjected in conscience by QUESTION XXXI: Whether self-defence, by opposing violence to unjust violence, be lawful, by the law QUESTION XXXII: Whether or no the lawfulness of defensive wars can be proved from the Scripture, fr QUESTION XXXIII: Whether or no Rom. 13:1 make any thing against the lawfulness of defensive wars QUESTION XXXIV: Whether royalists prove, by cogent reasons, the unlawfulness of defensive wars QUESTION XXXV: Whether the sufferings of the martyrs in the primitive church militant be against th QUESTION XXXVI: Whether the king have the power of war only QUESTION XXXVII: Whether the estates of Scotland are to help their brethren, the protestants of Eng QUESTION XXXVIII: Whether monarchy be the best of governments QUESTION XXXIX: Whether or no any prerogative at all above the law be due to the king. Or if jura m QUESTION XL: Whether or no the people have any power over the king, either by his oath, covenant, o QUESTION XLI: Whether doth the P. Prelate with reason ascribe to us doctrine of Jesuits in the ques QUESTION XLII: Whether all Christian kings are dependent from Christ, and may be called his viceger QUESTION XLIII: Whether the king of Scotland be an absolute prince, having a prerogative above laws QUESTION XLIV: General results of the former doctrine in some few corollaries, in twenty-two questi