Amos 4

^{1 !} Against the gouernours of Samaria.

^{1 a} Thus he calleth the princes and gouerners, which being ouerwhelmed with the great abundance of Gods benefites, forgate God, & therefore he calleth them by the name of beastes & not of men.

^{1 b} They incourage suche as haue autoritie ouer the people, to powle them, so that they may haue profite by it.

^{2 c} He alludeth to fishers which catche fish by hokes and thornes.

^{4 d} He speaketh this in contempt of them which resorted to these places, thinking that their great deuocion and good intention had bene sufficient to haue bounde God vnto them.

^{4 e} Read {Deut 14, 28}.

^{5 f} As {Leu. 7,13}.

^{5 g} You onely delite in these outwarde ceremonies & haue none other respect.

^{6 h} That is, lacke of bread and meat.

^{7 i} I staied the raine til the frutes of the earth were destroyed with drought, & yet you wolde not consider it to returne to me by repentance.

^{8 k} Thei colde not find water ynough where they had heard say it had rained

^{10 l} As I plagued the Egyptians, {Exod. 9,10}.

^{11 m} You were almost all consumed, and a fewe of you wonderfully preserued, {2 King 14, 26}.

^{12 n} Turne to him by repentance.