Thus upon the smiting of so many men in and about Bethshemesh, 1Sa_6:20, they wisely demand,
Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And upon the slaying of Uzzah, 2Sa_6:9, David was afraid of the Lord. Discite justitiam moniti. As many as heard these things, out of the pale of the church: God’s judgments do restain in a great measure wicked men.