Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV and for this reason were unwilling that the king should come, and who said to Him, "Hearest thou what these say? "did the Lord reply, "Have ye never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast Thou perfected praise? "[138] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I And the Scripture appears to me, in allusion to the prophecy just mentioned, reproachfully to upbraid the thoughtless: "Have ye never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise? "[21] Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul But (we hold the contrary): for Christ, by "accepting praise out of the mouth of babes and sucklings,"[153]