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Pro_10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
Ver. 26. So is the sluggard to them that send him.] Habent aulae suum cito, cito. What thou doest, do quickly, said our Saviour to the traitor. He cannot away with dulness and oscitancy in any of his, but condemns it in those slow things, íùèñïé , the Hebrews, {Heb_5:11} and commands them double diligence. {Pro_6:11-12} "Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord." {Rom_12:11} A dull heart makes no riddance. Baruc accendit seipsum {Neh_3:20} repairing earnestly, and so finished his task in shorter time. Let ambassadors, ministers, messengers, &c., nimble up their business, or look for no thank. What a deal of content gave Cranmer to Henry VIII, by his expediting the business of the divorce, both at home and abroad, in foreign universities! And what a deal of distaste gave Wolsey by the contrary!