Wesley Corpus

Chapter XXVI A general enforcement of the preceding laws, by promises of reward, and threats of punishment: Wherein is, A repetition of some principal commandments, ver. 1, 2. A promise of all good to the obedient, ver. 3 - 13. A threatening of terrible judgments to the disobedient, ver. 14 - 39. A promise of mercy to the penitent, ver. 40 - 46. An image - Or pillar, that is, to worship it, or bow down to it, as it follows. Otherwise this was not simply prohibited, being practised by holy men, both before and after this law. My sanctuary - By purging and preserving it from all uncleanness, by approaching to it and managing all the services of it with reverence, and in such manner only as God hath appointed. Rain - Therefore God placed them not in a land where there were such rivers as the Nile, to water it and make it fruitful, but in a land which depended wholly upon the rain of heaven, the key whereof God kept in his own hand, that so he might the more effectually oblige them to obedience, in which their happiness consisted. The vintage - That is, you shall have so plentiful an harvest, that you shall not be able to thresh out your corn in a little time, but that work will last till the vintage. The sword - That is, war, as the sword is oft taken. It shall not enter into it, nor have passage through it, much less shall your land be made the seat of war. Five - A small number; a certain number for an uncertain. Establish my covenant - That is, actually perform all that I have promised in my covenant made with you. Bring forth - Or, cast out, throw them away as having no occasion to spend them, or give them to the poor, or even to your cattle, that you may make way for the new corn, which also is so plentiful, that of itself it will fill up your barns. I will set - As I have placed it, so I will continue it among you, and not remove it from you, as once I did upon your miscarriage, Exo 33:7.