Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Et rursus: "Unusquisque autem suam uxorem habeat, ne tenter vos Satanas."[70] Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia he added immediately, "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife"[43] and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment."[45] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book V There would be no adulteries, and debaucheries, and prostitution of women, if it were known to all, that whatever is sought beyond the desire of procreation is condemned by God.[67]