Sermons preached

1. The Race is not to the Swift. This may be understood either of the ordinary Race, wherein the Swift may sometimes fail, or straining themselves beyond their Strength, be mischieved in their Bodies, or maimed by some accident; and so when he speaketh of the Race he meaneth it of the successful Race, as in the next clause; nor the Battle to the Strong, he meaneth the successful Battle, whereby they get the Victory. Success is not always on the side of the Swift and the Strong. Or Secondly, Of any Course whereby a Man endeavours to outrun ⟨p. 250⟩danger. So Asahel, who was swift of foot as a wild Roe, was slain by Abner, 1 Sam. 2. 18, 23, and Jer. 46. 6. The Swift shall not flee away, nor the Mighty Man escape, they shall stumble and fall. The Swift cannot always flee from danger. Isa. 30. 16. They that pursue you shall be swift.

1. The Race is not to the Swift. This may be understood either of the ordinary Race, wherein the Swift may sometimes fail, or straining themselves beyond their Strength, be mischieved in their Bodies, or maimed by some accident; and so when he speaketh of the Race he meaneth it of the successful Race, as in the next clause; nor the Battel to the Strong, he meaneth the successful Battel, whereby they get the Victory. Success is not always on the side of the Swift and the Strong. Or Secondly, Of any Course whereby a Man endeavours to outrun ⟨p. 250⟩danger. So Asahel, who was swift of foot as a wild Roe, was slain by Abner, 1 Sam. 2. 18, 23, and Ier. 46. 6. The Swift shall not flee away, nor tke Mighty Man escape, they shall stumble and fall. The Swift cannot always flee from danger. Isa. 30. 16. They that pursue you shall be swift.