John Trapp on Zephaniah 1:5

Verſe 5. And them that worſhip the hoſt of heaven upon the houſe tops] Called elſewhere the Queen of heaven, the conſtellations and heavenly bodies: whom they thought to worſhip ſo much the more acceptably, if in an open place, and on high, in the very ſight of the ſtarres. Obſervent iſta qui hodie Aſtrologiam judiciariam proſitentur, ſaith Gualther, Let thoſe amongſt us obſerve this, who profeſſe judiciary Aſtrologie: for theſe worſhip the ſtarres no leſſe then did the heathens of old, and doe openly bring in Heatheniſme again; whiles (firſt) they call the ſtarres by the names of thoſe heatheniſh deities, that ought to be aboliſhed: and next, they ſubject to thoſe ſtarres all events of things, yea man himſelfe as touching all his manners and fortunes, which the Scripture affirmeth to depend upon the eternal providence of God alone. This is intolerable impiety and they that fall into it, ſhall not eſcape the juſt judgement of God.

And them that worſhip, and that ſwear by the Lord (or to the Lord conſecrating themſelves as by oath to his ſervice) and that ſwear by Malcham] that is, by their King, Epec. Eur. as the Egyptians did of old, Gen. 42.15. The Spaniards at this day, in the pride of their Monarchy are grown alſo to ſwear by the life of their King. There are a ſort of mongrell Chriſtians in the Eaſt called Melchites, Niceph. as one would ſay Of the Kings Religion, becauſe they reſolved to doe as Melech the King commanded them, though it were to make a mixture of religions, as theſe in the text would, and as our late Modelatours Sancta Clara, and others, of whom one ſaid well, that they had made a pretty ſhew, had there been no Bible, to tell us, that the jealous and juſt God hateth and plagueth halting betwixt two, lukewarmneſſe and neutrality in religion, all dow-baked duties, ſpeckled birds, plowing with an Oxe and an Aſſe, mingled ſeeds linſey-wolſey garments Lev. 19.19. Upon which text the Doway Doctours note is, Here all participation with heretiks and ſchiſmatiks is forbidden. But by Malch[illegible: 2 letters] moſt underſtaud here an Idoll of the Ammonites, otherwiſe called Moſec[illegible: 1 letter] ſerved in Tophet near to Ieruſalem, and in the mount of Olives, called therefore the mount of corruption 2 King. 23.13. Which God could not but ſee, as [illegible: 1 word] he looked out of the Sanctuary. Theſe worſhippers of Malcham would not utterly renounce the true God, but they would ſet up others with him as partners: this would not be endured. Such were of old the Samaritanes among the Jewes, the Ebionites among the Chriſtians, the Papiſts at this day, who ſwear by God and Saints, and pray to God and his Saints, and commit themſelves to them (together with God) as their Tutelars and Patrons.