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Quotation from Lex, Rex by Samuel Rutherford

“All civill power is immediately from God in its root.”

Samuel Rutherford

Lex, Rex, Question I (1644 first edition, EEBO-TCP transcription (original spelling))

Portrait of Samuel Rutherford

The second conclusion of the first question: God made man a social creature, so the power of government is planted in human nature itself.

Citation: "All civill power is immediately from God in its root." — Samuel Rutherford, Lex, Rex, Question I (1644 first edition, EEBO-TCP transcription (original spelling)). (id lex-rex-q2)

Portrait: Samuel Rutherford St. Andrews, Unidentified painter / Robert Walker, Public domain.

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