1 Chronicles 9

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. IX.—God never distresses or unsettles men but for their sin. And it is comely and joyful when the once discordant tribes of God harmoniously unite in asking and travelling the way to Zion; and when the Priests and Levites, the ministers of Christ, are remarkable in their attachment to, and zeal for, re-establishing the worship of God, and order of his church! God graciously proportions men’s strength for the work to which he calls them. But residence, labour, and zeal, are indispensably required from every minister of God: and, if they begin with God, they may hope to prosper in their undertakings. Happy is it for the church when every one knows and waits on his propwork, and when the meanest offices and services are reckoned truly honourable. Better be doorkeepers in the house of God than dwell in palaces of wickedness. It is pleasant to be always rejoicing in and praising God, who is continually doing us good, and loading us with his benefits; for it is a blessed token that we shall praise him without ceasing in the temple above