Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lest after Here he wishes to show us, that we are not to embrace any state of life, particularly that of an ecclesiastic, without previous and serious consideration, whether we shall be able to go through with the difficulties and dangers which will inevitably befall us: lest afterwards we find ourselves constrained to yield to our enemies, who will deride us, and say: This man began to build, and was not able to finish. (Tirinus)
