Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which you have.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
So there may be a performance. Lucian"s lines are well known:—
"Sweeter is grace that is prompt;
If slow is the hand that bestows,
Its grace becomes empty and vain
And title to grace must resign."
And again:—
"He double gives who promptly gives."
