32. But not only is that temperance worthy
of praise which moderates food, but also that which moderates
lust. Since it is written: “Go not after thy lusts,
and deny thy appetite. If thou givest her desires to thy soul,
thou wilt be a joy to thine enemies;” Ecclus. xviii. 30, 31. and farther on; “Wine and women
make even wise men to fall away.” Ecclus. xix. 2. So that Paul teaches temperance
even in marriage itself; for he who is incontinent in marriage is a
kind of adulterer, and violates the law of the Apostle.