<p>When to the Fields we walke to looke upon<lb/> Some skilfull Mark-man; so much heede we not<lb/> How many Arrowes from his Bowe are gone,<lb/> As we observe how nigh the Marke he shot:<lb/> And, justly we deride that Man who spends<lb/> His Time and Shafts; but never ayme doth take<lb/> To hit the White; or foolishly pretends,<lb/> The number of the Shots, doth Archers make.<lb/> So, God, who marketh our Endeavours, here,<lb/> Doth not by tale, account of them receive;<lb/> But, heedeth rather how well meant they were,<lb/> And, at his Will how rightly aym'd we have.<lb/> It is not mumbling over thrice a day<lb/> A Set of Ave Maries, or of Creeds,<lb/> Or many houres formally to pray;<lb/> When from a dull Devotion it proceedes:<lb/> Nor is it, up and downe the Land to seeke<lb/> To finde those well breath'd Lecturers, that can<lb/> Preach thrice a Sabbath; and sixe times a weeke,<lb/> Yet be as fresh, as when they first beganne:<lb/> Nor, is it, such like things perform'd by Number<lb/> Which God respects: Nor doth his Wisdome crave<lb/> Those many Vanities, wherewith some cumber<lb/> Their Bodies, as if those their Soules could save.<lb/> For, not Much-doing, but Well-doing, that<lb/> Which God commands, the Doer, justifies.<lb/> To pray without Devotion, is to Prate;<lb/> And, Hearing is but halfe our Exercise.<lb/> We ought not, therefore, to regard, alone,<lb/> How often, but how Well, the Worke be done.<lb/> </p>

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A crowd is gesturing while a marksman with a crossbow takes aim at the target

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<p>NON QUAM CREBRO SED QUAM BENE.</p>

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<p>Oft Shooting, doth not Archers make;<lb/> But, hitting right the Marke they take.</p>

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