Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And…

and so they went and carried them in their coats out of the Camp, so that their clothes and bodies were not consumed, only they were killed by the fire: they were struck ⟨p. 4⟩with a sudden death, and that in the presence of the Lord: such a death as God had never threatened in the Word before, God had never threatened the Priests and said, If you Offer strange fire you shall be consumed by fire: but yet God smites them with death by fire they had not time to seek God, no not so much (as we use to say) as to say Lord have mercy upon me: they had no time to promise amendment at all: now upon this heavy judgment, the heart of Aaron could not possibly but be very much troubled, yea and the spirit of Moses too, for Moses was their uncle, and Aaron their father, they could not but be exceedingly much grieved: but Moses being the brother of Aaron, seeing his spirit (no question) exceedingly troubled, being under such a sad affliction, and that such a Godly man even as Aaron was, should have such a sad judgment befall his Children: Moses comes and speaks comfortably to him, and labours to support his spirit: and how doth he do it? He comes not as ordinarily you use to visit your brethren, Oh! you must be content with this: no, but he comes and applies the Word of God, and shows how God must be Sanctified; and by that he comes to quiet the heart of his brother Aaron: This is that which the Lord hath spoke saith Moses: He seeks to stay the heart of his Brother with that which God spake.

and so they went and carried them in their coats out of the Camp, so that their cloathes and bodies were not consumed, only they were kil'd by the fire: they were struck ⟨p. 4⟩with a sudden death, and that in the presence of the Lord: such a death as God had never threatned in the Word before, God had never threatned the Priests and said, If you Offer strange fire you shall be consumed by fire: but yet God smites them with death by fire they had not time to seek God, no not so much (as we use to say) as to say Lord have mercy upon me: they had no time to promise amendment at all: now upon this heavy judgment, the heart of Aaron could not possibly but be very much troubled, yea and the spirit of Moses too, for Moses was their unkle, and Aaron their father, they could not but be exceedingly much greived: but Moses being the brother of Aaron, seeing his spirit (no question) exceedingly troubled, being under such a sad affliction, and that such a Godly man even as Aaron was, should have such a sad judgment befal his Children: Moses comes and speaks comfortably to him, and labors to support his spirit: and how doth he do it? He comes not as ordinarily you use to visit your brethren, Oh! you must be content with this: no, but he comes and applyes the Word of God, and shews how God must be Sanctified; and by that he comes to quiet the heart of his brother Aaron: This is that which the Lord hath spoke saith Moses: He seeks to stay the heart of his Brother with that which God spake.