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For my part, I said that the beginning of evil was envy, and that it arose from man's being distinguished by God with higher honour. Now evil is disobedience to the commandment of God. __________________________________________________________________ [2828] [This debate between Orthodoxus and a Valentinian reminds us of the Octavius of Minucius Felix, vol. iv.] [2829] John i. 18. [2830] Gen. iv. 5. [2831] Gen. xxvii. 41. [2832] Gen. xxxvii. 4. [2833] Iliad, ix. 4, H. (Cowper's Tr.). [2834] Job xxxviii. 11. [2835] [See the essay of Archbishop King On the Origin of Evil, ed. Cambri…

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