John Trapp on Amos 3:1

CHAP. III.

Verſe 1. HEare this word that the Lord hath ſpoken &c.] Here beginneth the ſecond ſermon tending to confirme what had been affirmed in the former, and evincing the equity of the judgements there threatened for their hatefull ingratitude, and other horrible offences, condemned and cryed out upon by the very Heathens.

heare this word] Verbum hoc decretorium this notable word; [non-Latin text not transcribed] So Mat. 22.21. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. there are three articles in the Originall: and there is not the leaſt tittle in the text upon which there hangeth not a mountaine of ſenſe, ſay the Rabbies; this neck-verſe. that the Lord hath ſpoken] And ſhall he not do it? who ever waxed fierce againſt God, and proſpered? Ioh. 9.4.

againſt you O children of Iſrael] By his word, Chriſt many times ſecretly ſmites the earth Eſ. 11.4. that is, the conſciences of carnall men glued to the earth: He ſets a continuall edge upon the word, and conſumes them by his rebukes, till he have wearied them with his ſecret buffets and terrours: and then in the end caſts them into a reprobate ſenſe, as he did the Phariſees, who were toties puncti & repuncti, minime tamen ad reſipiſcentiam compuncti.

againſt the whole family] The Dodecaphylon, all the twelve tribes,Malcol[illegible: 1 letter]n. in Act. Apoſt. the whole houſe of Jacob, which are called by the name of Iſrael, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah Iſay. 48.1. God ſtands not upon multitudes Pſal. 9.17. nor matters, whether it be againſt a nation that he ſpeaketh and acteth, or againſt a man only, Iob 34.29.

which I brought up from the land of Egypt] This they oft heare of by way of exprobation, as chap. 2.10. God ſeeming to repent him for their deteſtable unthankfulneſſe, as David did of the kindneſſe he had ſhewed unworthy Nabal, in ſafegarding his ſubſtance 1 Sam. 25. and to complaine as Frederick the third Emperour of Germany did, that of thoſe courtiers whom he had advanced,Valer. Max. Chriſtian. Camd. Eliſ. he found ſcarce any that proved faithfull to him, but the worſe for his courteſy: or as Q. Eliſabeth, that in truſt ſhe had found treaſon.