“That which springs from a virtue of the mind is perfected in the flesh; and, finally, by the patience of the flesh, does battle under persecution. If flight press hard, the flesh wars with the inconvenience of flight; if imprisonment overtake us, the flesh (still was) in bonds, the flesh in the gyve, the flesh in soli…”
Tertullian, 3th c. — Of Patience
Original
23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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In context
21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?