112. On this account I had much toilsome
consideration to discover my duty, being set in the midst betwixt two
fears, of which the one held me back, the other urged me on. For
a long while I was at a loss between them, and after wavering from side
to side, and, like a current driven by inconstant winds, inclining
first in this direction, then in that, I at last yielded to the
stronger, and the fear of disobedience overcame me, and has carried me
off. Pray, mark how accurately and justly I hold the balance
between the fears, neither desiring an office not given to me, nor
rejecting it when given. The one course marks the rash, the other
the disobedient, both the undisciplined. My position lies between
those who are too bold, or too timid; more timid than those who rush at
every position, more bold than those who avoid them all. This is
my judgment on the matter.