And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
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Saul therefore died for his iniquities, for that he (a) transgressed the commandment of our Lord which he had commanded,
(a) He offered Sacrifice on an Altar without warrant. 1. Reg. 13. And destroyed not the Amalakites, as he was commanded. 1. Reg. 15.
Wherefore if to transgress the Sabbath, and to touch the falling Ark, drew down the wrath of God so signally as to deprive the offender of even a momentary respite, shall he who corrupts unutterably awful doctrines find excuse and pardon? Assuredly not. A want of zeal in small matters is the cause of all our calamities; and because slight errors escape fitting correction, greater ones creep in. As in the body, a neglect of wounds generates fever, mortification, and death; so in the soul, slight evils overlooked open the door to graver ones. (St. John Chrysostom Commentary on Gal 1:7)
