Tertullian

“ Do not wise heads of families purposely offer and permit some things to their servants [10] in order to try whether and how they will use the things thus permitted; whether (they will do so) with honesty, or with moderation? But how far more praiseworthy (the servant) who abstains entirely; who has a wholesome fear [11] even of his lord’s indulgence! ”

“ Now, granting that God did foresee these things; that God permitted them; that Esaias finds fault with no garment of purple, [5] represses no coil, [6] reprobates no crescent-shaped neck ornaments; [7] still let us not, as the Gentiles do, flatter ourselves with thinking that God is merely a Creator, not likewise a Downlooker on His own creatures. ”