John Trapp on Amos 6:4

Verſe 4. That lie upon beds of ivory,] which was a commodity far fet (even out of India) and dear bought;Ezek. 27.15. precious, and ſumptuous. The wealthier ſort uſed to deck their houſes with ſuch kind of beds deckt with ivory (lectis eburatis, as Plautus phraſeth it) as Eſth. 1.6. with gold and ſilver: hence their houſes are called houſes of ivory, chap. 3.15. and 1 King. 22.39. See Plin. lib. 33. cap. 11. Herat. l. 2. Sat. 6. Here then is condemned their luxury, and abuſe of Gods good gifts, with neglect of the weal-publike, and contempt of judgements threatned.

and ſtretch themſelves upon their couches,] Pandiculantur in ſuis cubilibus, ſo Rabbi Solomon. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Others render it, redundantibus ac diffluentibus. Wo to them that delight in over-long and large coverlets, curtains, &c, ſuperfluouſly hanging down on all ſides upon the very ground; ſo Kimchi. The Seventy and Vulgar render it, Wo to thoſe that wantonnize upon their couches, melting in ſenſuall pleaſures. Compare 1 Tim. 5.6. Jam. 5.5. God grudgeth not his people an honeſt affluence, Pſal. 23.4.Laſcivientes, Deliciantes. but granteth them all things richly to enjoy, 1 Tim. 6.17. Howbeit he requireth them to be ſober and watch: not making proviſion for the fleſh, to live after the luſts thereof, but walking decently as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenneſſe, not in chambering and wantonneſſe, &c. Rom. 13.13, 14.

and eat the lambs out of the flock,] E grege, id eſt, egregios ac optimos, the very beſt and fatteſt morſels, pampering their paunches; ſwiniſh belly-gods.

and the calves out of the middeſt of the ſtall.] The French call them high-graſſeveals. Veaux de haute graiſſe. Nothing would down with them but tid bits, [non-Latin text not transcribed], dainty and goodly, Rev. 18.9. Thoſe Abbey-lubbers of the Romiſh Synagogue are compared to fed horſes, pampered in their cloyſters (as war-horſes in their ſtalls or ſtables) and prepared unto battell, Rev. 9.7. Lawfull it is, I grant, at ſome times to eat of the fat, and drink of the ſweet, and to pleaſe the appetite,Neh. 8.10. Deut. 4.26. to gratifie it with what it liketh and luſteth after. But yet it muſt ſtill be remembred, that it is a finne to feed without fear; and a ſhame for a ſervant of God, to be a ſlave to his palate. Eat ſuch things as are ſet before you, ſaith Chriſt to his diſciples, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. be it never ſo homely, if wholeſome, Luke 10.8. And Gen. 9.3. after, Every moving thing that liveth ſhall be meat for you, it is added, even as the green herb have I given you all things, that is, ſoberly and without curioſity, to take and make uſe of ſuch meats as are at hand, as Dr. Willet interprets it. And this, Nature ſeems to teach man, in giving him ſo narrow a mouth, throat, and belly:Hexap. in loc. whereas to ſwine ſhe hath given a wide mouth, a very thick neck, a large belly, and but a very little brains: that they might the ſooner grow fat,Chryſoſt. Theatr. natu. 354. and take no other thought but for the belly ſaith Bodine.