1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

kings, queene, and pat men of the world may bm
down, court, and idohze her, and may descend to lick the
dust from her feet, yet it ia only to flatter and to betra
for their *Jam" an not Zion-ward, but to the *emtln
Their mohves are earth1 devilish, lt is a serpent still J
they feed on the food oFserpents, the dust of your f i
"They eat the sins of my people as they eat bread."
Some suppose it will be a goodly time, when kings and
queene will be fathera and mothem in Zion. But no,
my brethren ; the true church have but one father, which
is God ; and but one mother, which is not of this world,
but she is the New Jerusalem, the mother of us all,
which cometh down from above, Christ himself says,
Th: prince of thie world cometh, and hath nothing id
me; as much as if he had said, By and by the kine
and princes of this world will come and court you ; they
will pretend to great friendship for you ; they will offer
to nurse, feed, and clothe you ; but remember they have
nothing in me. Yon must, if you wish to win the crown
of glory, '' contend inst principalities against powers,
agalnsf the rulen oXe darknee of thu world, agaiM
spiritnal wickednese in high places ; for he hath nothingin
me." Again, Daniel says, ii 43, '' They (the people
of God) ehd mingle themsclvea mth the seed of men,
(kings and queens, for fathers and mothen,) but they shall
not cleave one to another, even es iron is not mixed with
clay." Let thii suffice to show that it is the du of the
church of Chriit to keep themelves unspotted a rom the
world ; to be separate, and touch not the unclean thing,
What is the unclean thing I answer, It is the policy
of worldly governments; in one word, it is a political
spirit; that spirit which is not peaceable, pure, oaq to
be entreated Who, I ask, ever saw a political partiean
have these fruits while prompted by that spirit 2 * Fmt
pure, then peaceable, eaq to be entreated' A political
man, if he had any conscience, would blush with shame
to claim these appellations. And where, in all the history
of the chuych, from the days of the apostlea until
now, have kings, queens, or rulers of this world undertaken
to nurse the church, and lord it over Qodb heritage,
but that they have proved, in the end, r curee in-