Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians and, "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath."[70] Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth For he is choked by the vile spirit, and cannot attend on the Lord as he wishes, for anger pollutes him. For the Lord dwells in long-suffering, but the devil in anger.[3] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V " For he intimated that it was necessary not only to efface the mark, but not to leave even a trace of anger; and that on its ceasing to boil, it was to be composed, and all memory of injury to be wiped out. "And let not the sun," says the Scripture, "go down upon your wrath."[68] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V expresses his meaning, "Be ye angry, and sin not; "[825] "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath."[826] Tertullian On Prayer be angry, our anger must not be maintained beyond sunset, as the apostle admonishes.[78] Tertullian Of Patience If "the sun go down over our wrath," we are in jeopardy:[126] Tertullian On Modesty And (a right distinction it was); for John has here sanctioned it; in that there are some sins of daily committal, to which we all are liable: for who will be free from the accident of either being angry unjustly, and retaining his anger beyond sunset;[251] Dubious Hippolytus Fragments And then he will work wonders, cleansing lepers, raising paralytics, expelling demons, proclaiming things remote just as things present, raising the dead, helping widows, defending orphans, loving all, reconciling in love men who contend, and saying to such, "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath; "[81] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book VI in time. God has enjoined us not to let the sun go down upon our wrath,[144] Lactantius A Treatise on the Anger of God For if His anger had been altogether immortal, there would be no place after a fault for satisfaction or kind feeling, though He Himself commands men to be reconciled before the setting of the sun.[149] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II But if it happens that by any one's contrivance you are angry at anybody, "let not the sun go down upon your wrath; "[230]