"Though the lives of men are dear and precious to God, yet they are not so precious as his glory."

"Though the lives of men are dear and precious to God, yet they are not so precious as His glory. The glory of his name is a thousand times more dear unto God than the lives of thousands and thousands of people. The lives of Nadab and Abihu must go so that God may be sanctified. If it comes to be that the lives of men and the sanctifying of God's name cross, the glory of God must pass on and must have its course, let the lives of men go which way they will." Jeremiah Burroughs, Gospel Worship [1599-1646] p. 26