To Florus 2.147

Christ’s grace also reaches the innocent, whom Adam’s fault does not reach. That is why he carefully emphasized: ‘Much more did God’s grace and the gift of the one man Jesus Christ abound to more people’ (Romans 5:15). The earlier comparison of equals thus indicates imitation in opposite pursuits among people old enough to use reason; this preference for grace’s generosity, however, establishes that the innocent are consecrated and advanced. Since this is so, recognize that the apostle opposes you, not me; understand that he bears arms against you. Even if everything else were lacking, this one point would powerfully overthrow your doctrine and that of your teacher Faustus, by whom you received your first coloring, so to speak: he says that through one man’s disobedience many, not all, were made sinners, and through one man’s obedience not all but many were made righteous (Romans 5:19). To make the reader understand carefully how this statement opposes you: the apostle declares that not all were made sinners through Adam. You say that absolutely all belong to the devil’s jurisdiction through Adam by natural sin. There can be no doubt of the great conflict between you and the apostle.