[79] Ibid. vii. 1 sq.

[80] Ibid. vii. 9.

[81] St. Matthew, xix. 12. Revelation, xiv. 4; &c.

[82] Tertullian, Ad uxorem, i. 3 (Migne, op. cit. i. 1278 sq.). Idem, De monogamia, 3 (Migne, ii. 932 sq.).

[83] Idem, De exhortatione castitatis, 9 (Migne, op. cit. ii. 925).

[84] Idem, De exhortatione castitatis, 10 (Migne, op. cit. ii. 925).

[85] Philippians, iv. 3.

[86] St. Clement of Rome, Epistola I. ad virgines, 6 (Migne, op. cit. Ser. Græca, i. 392).

[87] St. Ambrose, Epistola LXIII. 34 (Migne, op. cit. xvi. 1198 sq.).

[88] Methodius, Convivium decem virginum, vii. 1 (Migne, op. cit. Ser. Græca, xviii. 125).