"All civil power is immediately from God in its root; in that, 1st, God hath made man a social creature, and one who inclineth to be governed by man, then certainly he must have put this power in man's nature: so are we, by good reason, taught by Aristotle. 2d, God and nature intendeths the policy and peace of mankind, then must God and nature have given to mankind a power to compass this end; and this must be a power of government." - Samuel Rutherford, Lex, Rex, or The Law and the Prince, Pg. 1
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