John Trapp on Zephaniah 2:11

Verſe 11. The Lord will be terrible unto them] For he ſhall march forth in battle-array againſt proud perſons, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. 1 Pet. 5.5. and ſtain the pride of all their glory: he will pull them down from their pinacle of ſelf-exaltation, and make them know themſelves to be but men. Attilas, king of the Hunnes, proudly gave out, that the ſtarres fell before him, the earth trembled at his preſence, and that hee would bee the ſcourge of all nations. But what became of him? He died ſuddenly by a flux of blood,P. Jovius. breaking out at his mouth and choking him, on his wedding-day at night. It were eaſie to inſtance further, in Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Antiochus, Herod the king of Tyre,Pſal. 76.12. &c. With God is terrible Majeſty, Job 37.22. he is terrible to the kings of the earth, whiles he cutteth off their ſpirits. Heb. he ſlippeth them off, as one ſhould ſlip off a flower betwixt ones fingers; or a bunch of grapes off the vine; ſo ſoon is the buſineſſe done.

For he will famiſh all the gods of the earth] He will caſt them into an atrophy, into a conſumption. This was fulfilled, partly when Nebuc[illegible: 1 letter] adnezzar deſtroyed the Nations,Dan. 4. and proclaimed the true God to be the onely God, but principally when Chriſt came in the fleſh, and ſent out his Apoſtles to decry thoſe Heathen deities, and to preach the everlaſting Goſpel, ſaying with a loud voice. Fear God, and give glory to him, &c: and worſhip him that made heaven, earth, ſea, and fountains of waters, Rev. 14.7. Now it was, that Satan fell like lightening from heaven, the oracles were ſilenced, the Heathen Emperours amazed at the prevailing power of the Goſpel in deſpite of them, the very names of moſt of the gods of the earth were aboliſhed, the Temple of Apollo at Delphos fired from heaven; and at that very time when Julians embaſſadours were there to enquire what ſhould be the iſſue of the Perſian warr. Thus the Heathen ſuperſtition fell flat to the ground, their gods were famiſhed for want of worſhippers and ſacrifices &c. And the ſame we hope and wait for to befall the Antichriſtian rout and religion. That Idol is grown very leane, and hath loſt a collop as we ſay. Bellarmine is very ſenſible,Lib. 3. de Pont. Rom. cap. 21. and bewailes the buſineſſe, that ever ſince we began to count and call the Pope Antichriſt, he hath ſuffered no ſmall decayes and loſſes in the chriſtian churches. He hath indeed, and more and more ſhall do till he be left as leane as a rake, and all his plumes pulled, his credit crackt, his honour laid in the duſt.

and men ſhall worſhip him] Heb. bow down to him. He is thy Lord, and bow thou down unto him, Pſal. 45.11. Body and ſoule both muſt ſtoop to God:Zanchy. and both at once 2 Cor. 6.20. Swenck feldians. (Stinkfeldians Luther called them from their ill ſavour) take away all externall ſervice: ſo do the Nicodemites. Hypocrites draw nigh to God with their lipps only, when their hearts are elſewhere: their bodies are in ſacellis, their hearts in ſacculis as Ezek. 33.31. But the true Iſraelites give God both inward and outward worſhip: he doth ponere dextram in pectore, as Perſius phraſeth it: being ſhod with the preparation of the Goſpel, he treads it not awry, neither too much outward as the formaliſt, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. nor too much inward as the Swenckfeldian. He looks upon our late worſhip-ſcorners, our high-attainers as the laſt brood of Beelzebub: and reckons that to caſt off ordinances is to caſt away the remedy 2 Chron. 36.15, 16. Prov. 29.1.

every one from his place] Not at Jeruſalem only as once, Ioh. 4.21. but in all places, pure hands and hearts ſhall be lift up, without wrath, without doubting:1 Tim. 2.8. both in church and chamber: any place whatſoever ſhall be a ſufficient oratory, ſo that God be worſhipped in ſpirit and in truth, and the publike not neglected.

even all the Iſles of the Heathen] that is, all countries, though not encompaſſed with the ſea: for the Jews called all lands Iſlands which they could not come at but by water. That God ſhall be worſhipped in the foure corners of the earth, ſee the Note on Deut. 6.4. It was the laſt ſpeech of dying Chryſoſtom, Glory be to God from all creatures: Let the Jeſuites at the end of their books ſubſcribe Laus Deo & beatae Virgini, Let this be the badge of the Beaſt: let us cry To God alone be glory all the world ever.