John Trapp on Zephaniah 3:7

Verſe. 7. I ſaid ſurely thou wilt fear me] As in a ſchoole, when one boy is whipt, the reſt tremble; and as in the Common-wealth, poena ad paucos, metus ad omnes: ſo it ſhould be in the Church. Other mens woes ſhould be our warnings: others ſufferings our ſermons; others laſhes our leſſons: Gods houſe of correction, a ſchool of inſtruction, where we ſhould hear and fear, and do no more ſo, Deut. 17.13. He that trembleth not in hearing, ſhall be cruſht to piece in feeling, ſaid that Martyr.

and receive inſtruction] This I promiſed my ſelf of thee, but am diſappointed, Jer. 5.3. See verſe 2. thou art therefore ripe for deſtruction.

So their dwelling ſhould not be cut off] They ſhould have redeemed their ſorrows, and ſaved their citie. And this God ſpeaks to others, as weary of ſpeaking any longer to them, to ſo little purpoſe.

but they roſe early and corrupted, &c.] Manicabant, they made haſt, that no time might be loſt: the wofully waſted that beſt part of the day, the morning, (which [non-Latin text not transcribed], furthereth every buſineſſe) in corrupting their practiſes, doing evil as they could. Once (ſaith a Reverend man) Peters argument was more then probable; Theſe men are not drunk, for it is but the third hour of the day.Drunk. cup. by. D. Harris. Now, men are growen ſuch husbands, as that by that time, they will return their ſtocks, and have their brains crowing before day.