John Trapp on Amos 9:11

Ver. 11. In that day wil I raiſe up the Tabernacle of David] A moſt ſweet concluſion of the Propheſie by ſundry Evangelicall promiſes after ſo many very ſevere and ſharp menaces: the Sun of righteouſneſſe liketh not to ſet in a cloud. In that day, that happy day whenſoever it ſhall dawn, that Chriſt ſhall come: for the Prophets knew not the certaine time when, but made diligent enquiry as far as they might with ſobriety 1 Pet. 1.11. and well knew that the Law, which they preached and explained, was an introduction to a better hope Heb. 7.19. which they ſaw afar off and ſaluted Heb. 11.13.

wil I raiſe up the Tabernacle of David] that is, the kingdome of the houſe of David ſaith the Chaldee Paraphraſt: meaning, of the Meſſiah, whom the ſounder ſort of Rabbines from this text call Ben Niphlei, the repairer of the breach,Galatin. the reſtorer of pathes to dwell in: Now the Church is here called the Tabernacle of David, becauſe that once ſtately Palace of David was by many deſolations reduced to a tent, as it were, and that ready to drop too. The Branch grew out of the root of Jeſſe, when that goodly family was ſunk ſo low, as from David the king to Joſeph the carpenter. Beſides, all was out of order both in Church and State, when Chriſt came.

and cloſe up the breaches thereof] Heb. wall up: by unwalling (as the Hebrew hath it Num. 24.17.) all the children of Seth: by ſubduing the ſons of men, the godly ſeed to the obedience of faith: by bringing into captivity every haughty thought &c. 2 Cor. 10.4, 5. (that at the name of Jeſus every knee may bow Philip. 2.10.) and getting a full conqueſt by the preaching of the goſpell, which ſhall quickly cloſe up all ruptures, and raiſe up all ruines, by chaſing away terrours and falſe-worſhips, doctrines of devils, and traditions of men, whereby the Scribes and Phariſees had made the commandement of God of none effect.

and I will build it as in the dayes of old] in thoſe purer times of David and the other holy Patriarches, who made up but one and the ſame Church with us, and were ſaved by the ſame faith in Chriſt Jeſus, that Lamb of God ſlain from the foundation of the world, Rev, 13.8. Mine antiquity is Jeſus Christ ſaid Ignatius the Martyr. As we preferr the neweſt Philoſophy, ſo the ancient'ſt Divinity, ſaith Another.