Tertullian On Prayer "virgins" (as he does in another place[119] Tertullian Of Patience and sets on the virgin the seal[146] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II As if I were speaking to Gentiles, addressing you with a Gentile precept, and (one which is) common to all, "You are bound to please your husbands only."[37] Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins ."[18] Methodius Discourse I. Marcella ings which are honourable, and be distinguished among the foremost for wisdom and addicted to nothing slothful or luxurious, but should excel, and set her mind upon things worthy of the state of virginity, always putting away, by the word, the foulness of luxury, lest in any way some slight hidden corruption should breed the worm of incontinence; for "the unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord," how she may please the Lord, "that she may be holy both in body and in spirit,"[9] Methodius Discourse V. Thallousa For then am I plainly consecrated altogether to the Lord, when I not only strive to keep the flesh untouched by intercourse, but also unspotted by other kinds of unseemliness. For "the unmarried woman," it is said,[9] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book IV Let such a virgin, therefore, be holy in body and soul, as the temple of God,[38] The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity spirit? "[33]