CHAP. X.

Verse 2. NAdab and Abibu were two of Aarons Eldest Sons, which after their Father, should have succeeded him in his place: yet there is no Mercy with God to stay his Judgement when they will not be Ruled by his Word. No Pre∣rogative therefore shall save any Man from Wrath if he offend, but the Elder shall suf∣fer no less than the Younger, the Rich as well as the Poor, there is no regard with God of these things.

Verse 3. He howled not out with any unseemly cries, neither uttered any words of Rage and Impatience, but meekly stoop'd to Gods will, kiss'd the Rod, and held his peace. If thus Aaron in so great a Judgement, how much more we when our Friends dye naturally, sweetly, and comfortably: so that we may boldly say we have not lost them, but sent them before us, whether we hope also to follow.

Verse 5. That which the Father and Brother may not do, the Cousins are Comman∣ded: Dead Carkasses are not for the presence of God; his Justice was shewn suffici∣ently in killing them: they are now fit for the Grave, not the Sanctuary: neither are they carried out naked, but in their Coats. It was an unusual sight for Israel to set a linnen Ephod upon the Beer; the Judgement was so much the more remarkable, be∣cause they had the badg of their Calling upon their backs. Nothing is either more pleasing unto God, more commodious to Men, then that when he hath executed Judg∣ment it should be seen and wondered at; for therefore he strikes some that he may warn all.

Verse 12. This is added to comfort and strengthen the shaken Hearts of Aaron, and his living Sons; who might by this strange punishment have been driven into doubt, whether ever the Lord would be pleased that they should meddle again with the Sa∣crifices: and we see therein a gracious God, who maketh not his Promises void to all for the faults of some. We must therefore cleave to our Calling, and even so much the more painfully go forward therein, by how much we see others punish'd for ill doing; be taught therefore, and school'd, but never be discouraged and feared from imposed Duty.

Verse 20. In that Moses admitted of a reasonable excuse, we may learn to abhor Pride, and to do the like. Pride I say which scorneth to hear what may be said against the conceit we have once harboured. A modest man doth not thus; and therefore ho∣ly Iob had an Ear for his Servant, and his Maid, and did not despise their Judgement, their Complaint and Grief, when they thought themselves evill entreated by him.