Matthew 19:7-8 why then, said they, did Moses permit to give a writ of divorce to repudiate the wife?

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ why then, said they, did Moses permit to give a writ of divorce to repudiate the wife? ⁸ he answer'd them, 'twas because of your perverse temper that Moses suffered you to repudiate your wives: but from the beginning this was not in practice.