John Trapp on Amos 2:10

Verſe 10. Alſo I brought you up from the land of Egypt] which lies lower then Judaea: as doth alſo myſticall Egypt then Ieruſalem, which is above, which is the mother of us all. To what great preferments and priviledges Gods people are now brought up by Chriſt, See Heb. 12.22, 23, 24. and cry out with that noble Athenian [non-Latin text not transcribed] from how great miſeries to what great mercies are we advanced? Act. 26.18. Even from darkneſſe to light, from the power of Satan to God: that we may receive forgiveneſſe of ſins and inheritance among the Saints &c. And ſhall we then againe break Gods commandements? Ezra, 9.14. Or ſay, We are delivered to do all theſe abominations Ier. 7.10. Would not the heaven ſweat over us, and the earth cleave under us, yea hell gape for us upon ſuch an entertainement of divine bounty.

and led you forty yeares through the wilderneſſe] led you all along in my hand as an horſe in the wilderneſſe, that ye ſhould not ſtumble Iſay. 63.13. Led you, and fed you, dayly and daintily, ſending you in Angels food, and then ſetting the flint abroach that you might not pine and periſh in that vaſt howling wilderneſſe Deut. 32.10. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Beſides that, I there bore with your evill manners, Act. 13.18. as a mother beares with her childs frowardneſs, or as an husband beares with his wives croſſeneſſe, which he knowes he muſt either tollere, or tolerare, cure or cover.

to poſſeſſe the land of the Amorite] to fit you for ſuch a mercy, to humble you, to prove you, and to do you good at the latter end, Deut. 8.16. God knowes the height of our ſpirits, and the naughtineſſe of our natures &c. how ill able mens braines are to beare a cup of proſperity: and how ſoon their hearts are lifted up with their eſtates, as a boat that riſeth with the riſing of the water. God therefore uſually brings his people into the wilderneſſe, and there ſpeaketh to their hearts: he holds them firſt to hard meate,Hoſ. 2.14. and then puts them into full poſſeſſion.