The stuarts in England found refuge in the doctrine of the divine right of kings and its leading exponent was james I sir Robert filmer was its enthusiastic supporter bousset advocated it in france and supported the despotism of Louis xiv it was claimed that kings ruled by divine right and the subjects had no recourse against them kings wrote Jaines I are breathing images of god upon earth and disobedience to their commands was disobedience to god As it is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what god can do or to say that a king cannot do this or that Even rebellion in