The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And…The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And…

Is required Celerity, Sincerity, Constancy. That he be speedy, that he be heedy: and (as we say) that he be deedy; hold out till his Embassage be ended, and till he that sent him send after him a revocation. Celerity without discretion is like wings without eyes: discretion without celerity like eyes without wings: both without constancy are like feet & eyes without a heart.

Is required Celerity, Sincerity, Constancy. That he be speedy, that he be heedy: and (as wee say) that he be deedy; hold out till his Embassage be ended, and till he that sent him send after him a reuocation. Celerity without discretion is like wings without eyes: discretion without celerity like eyes without wings: both without constancy are like seete & eyes without a heart.

1. For their Speediness. Before they are sent, they should not run at all: after they are sent, they cannot run too fast. We may say of these Messengers, as it was proverbed of the Lacedemonian• Turpe est cuilibet fugere, Laconi etiam deliberasse. Go• grant, all our consciences may witness with our selves, what Paul speaks of his unretarded execution ¹of Christs message. When it pleased God to send me to preach his Son among the heathen, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood. To adjure their posting alacrity to this business, the Apostles were charged to salute no man by the way: much less should the burying our dead friends, or taking leave of our living friends, procrastinate our course. Prou. 10. ²26. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to them that send him. Isaiah 40. 31. But ³