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Beset and pressed on every hand by accusations , in which gross falsehoods were blended with such circumstances of truth as could not fail to procure them credit - - - alone , unfriended , and in a strange land , Waverley almost gave up his life and honour for lost , and leaning his head upon his hand , resolutely refused to answer any further questions , since the fair and candid statement he had already made had only served to furnish arms against him . Rabanus : It should be noted , that though our Saviour suffered Himself to be placed by the Devil on a pinnacle of the temple , yet refused to come down also at his command , giving us an example , that whosoever bids us ascend the strait way of truth we should obey . Even in personal matters , she made his life difficult , stubbornly refusing to consent to the marriage of his daughter to Sir Philip Sidney ( although eventually , typically , she became godmother to their child ) . Unless of course , moms , dads , people with some common sense , just refuse to listen to a bunch of crack pots and take the law into their own hands by refusing to kill on command . From this it also follows , that we ought not to commit acts of hostility immediately upon declaring war , but should wait so long at least , as we can without doing ourselves a prejudice , until he , who has done us the injury , plainly refuses to give us satisfaction , and has put himself in a condition to receive us with bravery and resolution ; otherwise the declaration of war would be only a vain ceremony . At their worst , they are ineffectual or obstructive , stubbornly refusing to make decisions and distracting themselves with trivialities rather than focusing on the most important priority .