John Trapp on Amos 6:3

Verſe 3. Ye that put farre away the evil day,] Wo to you that would do ſo, if you could; that fondly perſwade your ſelves there is no ſuch danger in evil-doing, as the Prophets pretend: but that all ſhall be hail and well with you, though yee walk in the imagination of your hearts, to adde drunkenneſſe to thirſt, Deut. 29.19. and to heap up ſin as high as heaven,Quae longinqua ſunt, non metuuntur. Ariſt. Rhet. l. 2. c. 5. Rev. 18.5. This curſed ſecurity and hope of impunity, is the ſource of much wickedneſſe in the world. See Prov. 7.19, 20. Matth. 24.48. with the Notes. It is a ſad thing when men ſhall ſay, as Ezek. 12.27. The viſion that he ſeeth is for many dayes to come: and he propheſieth of the times that are farre off. This Atheiſticall conceit accelerates the judgement, verſ. 28. Therefore ſay unto them, Thus ſaith the Lord God, there ſhall none of my words be prolonged any more: but the word which I have ſpoken ſhall be done, ſaith the Lord God.Val. Ma[illegible: 1 letter]. Tarditatemque ſupplicij, gravitate compenſabo.

and cauſe the ſeat of violence to come near.] Amotâ Juſtitiae ſellâ: ſetting aſide the care of juſtice, together with the fear of God, for whom yee ought to have reſerved the chief room in all your publike meetings, as the Ethiopian Judges are ſaid to do. Atque vi an geritur res, might overcomes right: and robberies are daily done by authority. See Pſal. 94.20. The throne of iniquity ſhall not have fellowſhip with God: neither will he take the wicked by the hand, whatever thoſe corrupt Vice-gods do,2 Pet. 2.3. (as we may in the worſt ſence, beſt terme them) whoſe judgement now of a long-time lingreth not, and their damnation ſlumbreth not. The evil day that they put farre away, will ſuddenly ſurprize them, and then what will they do when God riſeth up? and when he viſiteth, what will they anſwer him? Job 31.14.

Sed quam caecus ineſt vitijs amor? omne faturum,Claudian. l. 2. in Eutrop. Deſpicitur, ſuadentque brevem praeſentia fructum, &c.