He ruleth high in the heavens, for it is his throne, and this earth is his ^afootstool^•.

 Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother thinks to ^arule^• over us; and we have had much trial because of him; wherefore, now let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted more because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to ^brule^• over this people.

 And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

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 And my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they who ^alead^• thee cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths.

 And I will give ^achildren^• to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

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 ¶ As for my people, children are their oppressors, and ^awomen^• rule over them. O my people, they which ^blead^• thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

 And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return to their ^alands of promise. And the house of Israel shall ^bpossess^• them, and the land of the Lord shall be for ^cservants^• and handmaids; and they shall take them captives unto whom they were captives; and they shall ^drule over their oppressors.

 And the ^apeople^• shall take them, and ^bbring^• them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them ^ccaptives^•, whose captives they were; and they shall ^drule over their oppressors.

 Therefore, ^aif^• it were possible that you could have ^bjust^• men to be your kings, who would establish the ^claws^• of God, and judge this people according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men for your kings who would do even as my father ^dBenjamin^• did for this people—I say unto you, if this could always be the case then it would be expedient that ye should always have kings to rule over you.

 And it came to pass that they did ^aappoint^{• b}judges^• to rule over them, or to judge them according to the law; and this they did throughout all the land.

 Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go ^aunpunished^• because of their ^bmoney; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the ^cworld^•, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills—

 Behold, they do not desire that the Lord their God, who hath ^acreated^• them, should ^brule^• and reign over them; notwithstanding his great goodness and his mercy towards them, they do set at ^cnaught^• his counsels, and they will not that he should be their guide.

 For I, the Lord, ^arule^• in the heavens above, and among the ^barmies^• of the earth; and in the day when I shall make up my ^cjewels^•, all men shall know what it is that bespeaketh the power of God.

 Nevertheless, when the ^awicked^{• b}rule the people mourn.

 And this according to the mind and will of the Lord, who ruleth over all flesh.

 We believe that religion is instituted of God; and that men are amenable to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions prompt them to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others; but we do not believe that human law has a right to interfere in prescribing rules of ^aworship^• to bind the consciences of men, nor dictate forms for public or private devotion; that the civil magistrate should restrain crime, but never control conscience; should punish ^bguilt, but never suppress the freedom of the soul.