I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Ver. 26. Not as uncertainly] For, 1. I forget those things that are behind, all worldly things. I set those by. 2. I have oculum ad metam (which was Ludovicus Vives' motto), an eye upon the Mark 3:1,35. I strain and stretch toward it. See all these Philippians 3:13,14. Duties are not to be done in a lazy, formal, customary strain, like the pace the Spaniard rides; but with utmost diligence and expedition.
That beats the air] As young fencers use to do, but I beat mine adversary.