To Florus 1.27

Put an end, then, to the appetite for undisciplined interpretations. Let no words be thought capable of prevailing against God's manifest justice. If they come from someone whom we are bound to revere, defend them with explanations consistent with divine fairness. If they were spoken by an author who commands no such reverence, reject them even without resolving their meaning. We are now discussing God's judgment. Of him it is written: 'God is faithful, and in him there is no injustice; the Lord God is just and holy' (Deuteronomy 32:4). And again: 'The Lord is just, and he has loved justice; his face has looked upon fairness' (Psalm 11:7; LXX Psalm 10:8). And again: 'All your judgments are fairness' (Psalm 119:172; LXX Psalm 118:172). Countless testimonies in the sacred books proclaim divine fairness. Yet no one among either the nations or the heretics has doubted it, except the Manichaeans and the advocates of inherited sin.