Wesley Corpus

To their face - That is, openly, and so as they shall see it, and not be able to avoid it. Slack - So as to delay it beyond the fit time or season for vengeance, yet withal he is long - suffering, and slow to anger. The covenant and the mercy - That is, the covenant of mercy, which he out of his own mere grace made with them. He will love thee - He will continue to love thee, and to manifest his love to thee. The diseases of Egypt - Such as the Egyptians were infected with, either commonly, or miraculously. It seems to refer not only to the plagues of Egypt, but to some other epidemic disease, which they remembered to have prevailed among the Egyptians, and by which God had chastised them for their national sins. Diseases are God's servants, which go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. The temptations - The trials and exercises of thy faith and obedience to my commands. No man shall stand - This promise is made upon condition of their performance of their duty, which they neglecting, justly lose the benefit of it. The silver or gold - Wherewith the idols are covered or adorned, nor consequently any other of their ornaments. This he commands to shew his utter detestation of idolatry, and to cut off all occasions of it.