To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt it is just as easy for Him not to allow what He does not will, as for Him to do what He will.
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