To Florus 2.129

Now, however, I maintain consistently that the apostle had no notion of Manichaean inherited transmission. He showed that it would gravely insult the mysteries if they were in every respect comparable to sins—that is, if grace did not help more effectively than the example of sin had harmed. The Teacher of the Gentiles therefore located the Christian faith’s highest dignity in his affirmation that it surpasses offenses. That is why he took care to rank the medicine’s effect above the old diseases (compare Romans 5:15).