In his "Two Treatises of Government", Locke argued vigorously against this "right" of kings
... Locke vigorously attacks this theory in the First Treatise, and describes 
in the ... Locke argues that in the 'state of nature,' the right to enforce the 'law of... [DOC] [TLE] Sidney, Filmer & Locke on Monarchical Power - Online Library of ... [PAR] Filmer's book, Patriarcha: A Defence of the Natural Power of Kings against the 
Unnatural ... Filmer maintained in Patriarcha that kings rule by right of birth.