John Trapp on Amos 9:14

Ver. 14. And I will bring againe the captivity of my people] There is an elegancy in the original that cannot be engliſhed, and God ſeemes delighted with ſuch Agnominations, as hath been before obſerved: to ſhew the lawfull uſe of Rhetorike in divine diſcourſes,Act. 26.18. ſo it be not affected, abuſed, Idolized. This promiſe is fulfilled when beleevers are by the goſpel brought from darkneſſe to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveneſſe of ſins, and be ſet free from the tyranny of corruption, and terrour of death Heb. 2.14.15. Coloſ. 1.13. Luk. 1.74. Zach. 9.11. Pſa. 68.19.

and they ſhall build the waſt cities] Reſtore the ſincere ſervice of God, as thoſe noble Reformers did in all ages; fetching the Church, as it were, out of the wilderneſſe, where ſhe had long laine hid Rev. 12.6. and whence ſhe is ſaid at length to come leaning upon her Beloved Cant. 8.5.

and they ſhall plant vineyards] That is, particular churches.

and drink the wine thereof] Have the fruit and comfort of their labours in the Lord, which they ſhall ſee not to be in vaine 1 Cor. 15.

they ſhal alſo make gardens, and eat of the fruit] while they ſhall ſee their people to be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of Jeſus Chriſt, 2 Pet. 1.8. but far off flouriſhing, Pſal. 92.13. actuoſi & fructuoſi Eſa. 51.3. The Popiſh Commentatours (as it is the manner of many of them to marre and bemire the text with their abſurd gloſſes) by cities here would have men to underſtand the ſtate of married people, by vineyards their Prelates, and by gardens Monkes. Is not this to wreſt the ſcriptures, and ſo to ſet them on the rack, as to make them ſpeak more then ever they intended? Is it not to compel them to go two miles when they are willing to go but one? Is it not to taw them, and gnaw them, as Tertullian ſaith that Marcion the heretick (that Mus Ponticus as he therefore cals him) did, to make them ſerviceable to his vile purpoſes?