{"product_id":"the-works-of-samuel-rutherford-volume-9-ebook","title":"The Works of Samuel Rutherford, Volume 9: Lex, Rex: The Law and the Prince","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ninth volume in this landmark twenty-one-volume edition presents Samuel Rutherford’s most famous and influential work.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1644 during the British civil wars, \u003ci\u003eLex, Rex\u003c\/i\u003e quickly became one of the defining books of the seventeenth century. Defending limited monarchy, the rule of law, and the legitimacy of resistance to tyranny, its arguments proved so controversial that after the Restoration, royal authorities publicly burned the book, treated its possession as evidence of treason, and summoned Rutherford to answer for its publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet \u003ci\u003eLex, Rex\u003c\/i\u003e is far more than the political manifesto many readers imagine. Often remembered chiefly for its defense of the Scottish Covenanters, it is one of the great works of Reformed political theology. Rutherford enters the foremost political, legal, philosophical, and theological debates of early modern Europe, engaging Scripture alongside Aristotle, Roman law, classical philosophy, medieval jurists, Protestant Reformers, Roman Catholic scholastics, and Royalist thinkers. The result is a sweeping exploration of the origin of government, the nature and limits of political authority, constitutional order, the rule of law, and the relationship between church and state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition helps modern readers recover the full scope of Rutherford’s achievement through a substantial historical introduction, careful editorial annotation, and a full scholarly apparatus that situate \u003ci\u003eLex, Rex\u003c\/i\u003e within the wider intellectual world in which it was written. Far more than a historical defense of the Covenanters, it remains one of the most profound and enduring works of seventeenth-century Christian political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral Preface\u003cbr\u003e\nEditorial Conventions\u003cbr\u003e\nAbbreviations and Sigla\u003cbr\u003e\nIntroduction: Monarchy, Parliamentary Sovereignty, and Scottish Presbyterianism During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLex, Rex: The Law and the Prince\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Preface\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Table of Contents of the Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGovernment and Divine Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGovernment and Natural Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod and Governing Powers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod and King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod and Sovereignty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing and People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Designation of Kings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGovernment and People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePower and People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal Birth and Divine Unction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal Birth and Election\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingdoms by Conquest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal Dignity and Nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe King Conditioned by Covenant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe King as Father\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe King as Master\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrincely Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Manner of a King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal Dignity and the People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKings and Judges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParliament and King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal Prerogative and Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fountain of Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Safety of the People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe King and the Supremacy of Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterpreting the Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaising Wars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefensive War and the King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePassive Obedience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Defense and Natural Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScripture and Defensive War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomans 13:1 and Resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyalists on Defensive War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefensive War and the Martyrs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Power of War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scottish Alliance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Monarchy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRights of Majesty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe People’s Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesuit Doctrine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristian Kings and Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe King of Scotland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Results\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\nBiographical Register of Persons and Names\u003cbr\u003e\nWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003e\nScripture Index\u003cbr\u003e\nSubject Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Reformation Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53505921777962,"sku":"9798886863475","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/7746\/8458\/files\/9798886863475.ebook.png?v=1794235311","url":"https:\/\/heritagebooks.org\/products\/the-works-of-samuel-rutherford-volume-9-ebook","provider":"Reformation Heritage Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}