110.  Now however, to return to my original point, the thought and question occurred to me, that although he might possibly meet with some indulgence, if reluctant to prophesy, for the cause which I mentioned—yet, in my own case, what could be said, what defence could be made, if I longer remained restive, and rejected the yoke of ministry, which, though I know not whether to call it light or heavy, had at any rate been laid upon me.

ΡΙʹ. Νῦν δὲ ὅ μοι λέγειν ὁ λόγος ὡρμήθη, σκοπεῖν ἔπεισί μοι καὶ ὑπολαμβάνειν, ὅτι ἐκείνῳ μὲν τάχα τι καὶ συγγνώμης ἦν, δι' ἣν εἶπον αἰτίαν ὀκνοῦντι τὴν προφητείαν: ἐμοὶ δὲ τίς ἄρα λόγος, ἢ τίς ἀπολογίας ὑπελείπετο τόπος ἐπὶ πλέον ἀφηνιάζοντι, καὶ τὸν οὐκ οἶδ' εἴτ' ἐλαφρὸν εἴτε βαρὺν εἰπεῖν χρὴ, ἀλλὰ τόν γε τεθέντα ζυγὸν τῆς λειτουργίας ἀναινομένῳ;