And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Ver. 10. Get thee up: wherefore liest thou? &c.,] q.d., It is well to pray thus, but it is not all; something else is to be done. Ora et labora, pray and search, pray and fight, up and be doing, for "I will surely be with thee." Exo 14:14 Our Edward I, A.D. 1299, leading his army forth against the Scots, his horse, as he was putting foot in the stirrup, threw him to the earth, and striking with the hinder heels, brake two of his ribs: who nevertheless upon the same horse proceeded in person to the battle, and overthrew them at Falkirk: a so did Joshua, the men of Ai; being rather wakened than weakened by his late loss: and this was the fruit of prayer.
a Speed, p. 656.