John Trapp on Habakkuk 2:20

Verſe 20. But the Lord is in his holy Temple] It is not enough to condemne ſuperſtitions: but we muſt know and ſerve the true God in a true manner. Tully wiſhed that he could as eaſily find out the true religion, as diſprove the falſe ones.De nat. deos. Cambyſes deſtroyed the Egyptian idols, rather in ſcorne of all religion, then hatred of idolatry. Lucian ieared the heathen-gods: and yet was an enemy to Chriſtianity. Eraſmus was no Papiſt, nor yet good Proteſtant. Henry the 8. deſpiſed the old religion, and yet envied the new. There are many (ſaid He in Pa[illegible: 1 letter]liament) that are too buſy with their new Sumpſimus: and others that dote too much upon their old Mumpſimus &c. Hence it is that the Prophet here to thoſe dunghill-deities of the heathens, thoſe dead idols, oppoſeth the living and onely true God, Jehovah, ſaith he, is in his holy Temple: that Eſſentiator who hath his being of himſelf, and gives beeing to all things elſe [non-Latin text not transcribed] as St. Paul elegantly expreſſeth it Act. 17.25. He is in his holy Temple, ſc. in heaven by his power and glory and in his Church on earth by his grace and goodneſſe. The uſe of which doctrine followeth.

let all the earth keep ſilence before him] Heb. ſc. or be ſtill, all the earth &c. Reverentiae cauſe ſilete, Tremble at his judgements, truſt in his promiſes, wait upon him in his ordinances, walk before him in obedience, ſpeake not of him or to him, but as knowing your diſtance, your infancie. In ſpeaking of God, our beſt eloquence is ſilence, ſaith Mr. Hooker. In ſpeaking to him, quanta cum reverentia, quanto timore, quanta humilitate, Bern. de diverſ. 25. accedere debet è palude ſua procedens & repens vilis ranuncula, ſaith Bernard? with what reverence and godly feare, with what humility, ſhould a poor ſmall frog, creeping out of his mud, draw neer unto this great God, before whom Angels appeare with greateſt ſelf-abaſements? what abhorrency then and ſelf-annihilation can be ſufficient to accompany our approaches to this great God of heaven? And how ſhould the enemies of the Church ſtand in aw, and even quake before him, wriggling into their holes, as wormes do, when it thundreth, and beeing all huſht, as ſheep are before the wolfe, birds before the hawk, all the beaſts of the field before the lion when he roareth.