Lex Rex: Or, The Law and The Prince: A Dispute for The Just Prerogative of King and People (Hardcover)Reverend Samuel Rutherford wrote Lex, Rex to defend and advance the Presbytarian ideals in government and political life, and oppose the notion of a monarch's Divine Right to rule. Writing in the 1640s, Rutherford lived in a time of political tumult and upheaval. The notion of Divine Right whether a monarch ruled with the authority of God was under increasing question. The steadily waning power of the king, increasing rates of literacy and education,