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Quotation from Lex, Rex by Samuel Rutherford
“And if all Men be born equally free (as I hope to prove) there is no reason in Nature, why one Man should be King and Lord over another”
Lex, Rex, Question II (1644 first edition, EEBO-TCP transcription (original spelling))
Rutherford denies that any natural superiority makes one man king, so that rule over others must come by consent and positive law.
Citation: "And if all Men be born equally free (as I hope to prove) there is no reason in Nature, why one Man should be King and Lord over another" — Samuel Rutherford, Lex, Rex, Question II (1644 first edition, EEBO-TCP transcription (original spelling)). (id lex-rex-q3)
Portrait: Samuel Rutherford St. Andrews, Unidentified painter / Robert Walker, Public domain.
