To Florus 3.155
But you rise up completely against this last point. Although you boarded the same ship as Mani and the same wind directed your course, once across the strait you thought you should nevertheless disembark on a different shore. Perhaps, however, choosing an immediate advantage may make hesitation tolerable, even if late. Into what harbor, then, do you steer your vessel? ‘I say,’ you answer, ‘that God is good, yet he also creates evil beings.’ What an escape from danger—straight onto the rocks! You wanted to pour the whole of Mani’s bilge over the one you consider God.
Latin
At tu contra hoc ultimum totus insurgis et, cum in unam navem cum Manichaeo ascenderis cumque idem cursum vestrum spiritus direxerit, transmissio, iam freto putasti tibi tamen in litus aliud exeundum. Verum forte dilectu utilitatis proximae tolerabilior fiat licet tarda cunctatio. In quem igitur portum navigium dirigis? Dico - inquis - bonum quidem Deum esse, eumdem tamen conditorem malorum. O periculi fugam in scopulos actam, totam Manichaei sentinam super eum effundere voluisse, quem Deum putaris!