Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV For I would have you without anxiety, in order to decorum and assiduity for the Lord, without distraction."[22] Tertullian To His Wife Book I " in re-marrying, still he says "pressure of the flesh ensues."[78] Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia for this is acceptable to God, he does not wish these things to be said as by authority, and as the mind of the Lord, with reference to the giving of a virgin in marriage; for after he had said,[51] So, immediately after he had said, "if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned," he added, "such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you."[52]