1 Chronicles 15

Yes, and after their apostasy, under the spiritual Babylonish captivity, to reform any error crept into the Churches of the old and new Testament: it was their holy custom, to reduce all things to their first institution: Quod primum verum, that which was first is true, accordin…

God is so jealous of his glory, that he cannot endure his worship should be corrupted with the least mixture of man: Nadab and Abihu, for offering with strange fire which God commanded them not, were destroyed with fire from the Lord (Leviticus 10:1, 2). Vzzah, for touching the…

A man may incur the wrath of God, by his good works, if he do them not in any manner according to the law, as they should be done. We find, in (1 Chronicles 15:13), The Lord our God is offended at those who seek Him not after the due order. No mere external actions are to be est…

And in these Gospel times, Baptism and the Lord's Supper are external forms or images, but they are of God's appointing; but such as God has not appointed are forbidden in this commandment. For it is not enough to worship the true God, but we must worship him in the right way, a…

To their Priests and Levits, Cyprian does rightly liken our Pastors and Deacons, for however sundry things were done by the Priests and Levites, which were typical and Jewish onely; yet may we well parallell our Pastors with their Priests, in respect of a perpetuall Ecclesiastic…

The Sacraments also has he given, not to be neglected, as most excellent pledges of his sure favor and mercy in Christ (Romans 4:11; 6:3, 4; Ephesians 5:26; 1 Corinthians 11:23). The order of his Church set down in his word (Hebrews 3:2; 1 Chronicles 28:12, 19; 2 Chronicles 29:2…

When God at first began his great work for the deliverance of his people, after their long continued bondage in Egypt, there were false wonders mixed with true, for a while; which hardened the unbelieving Egyptians, and made them to doubt of the divinity of the whole work. When…

With no better than these does he rank and associate the many thousands of God's choice and dear people, who differ in this circumstantial point from him. (3.) He compares it with the sin of Nadab and Abihu, and with that of Israel, with respect to the ark (1 Chronicles 15:13),…

Be sober and watch, steadfast in the faith; faith lets us see ourselves to be but empty shallow creatures: if we be now never so full of strength, we shall run it out before the next Sabbath, and therefore pray, Lord keep this frame in us forever, pray for establishing in that g…

And so it was at the time of the dedication of the temple of Solomon (1 Kings chapter 8 and 2 Chronicles chapters 5, 6, and 7), which was at the time of the feast of tabernacles, at the same time that the tabernacle was erected in the wilderness. And the Levites were primarily,…

(1 Thessalonians 4:11): And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. It will be a very dangerous thing for laymen, in either of these respects, to invade the office of a minister; if this be common among us we…