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Lex Rex: Or, The Law and The Prince: A Dispute for The Just Prerogative of King and People PUB200612 Practice LEAP Tech-enhanced ItemsReverend 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,