if a good ruler over all things does exist, how can evils exist at all, let alone escape unpunished? At the very least, I am sure you realize how fair it is to be amazed at this. But there is a greater problem on top of that; because while injustice dominates and flourishes, virtue not only goes unrewarded but is trodden underfoot by evildoers, and receives the punishments due to crimes. That these things can happen under the rule of God, who knows all, has power over all, but wills only good things—no one can wonder at it enough, or lament it.”
