Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichæans 13
13 Individual Good Things, Whether Small or Great, are from God PL 42, 555
Let us, therefore, bring before our minds good things however great, which it is fitting that we attribute to God as their author, and these having been eliminated let us see whether any nature will remain. All life both great and small, all power great and small, all safety great and small, all memory great and small, all virtue great and small, all intellect great and small, all tranquillity great and small, all plenty great and small, all sensation great and small, all light great and small, all suavity great and small, all measure great and small, all beauty great and small, all peace great and small, and whatever other like things may occur, especially such as are found throughout all things, whether spiritual or corporeal, every measure, every form, every order both great and small, are from the Lord God. All which good things whoever should wish to abuse, pays the penalty by divine judgment; but where none of these things shall have been present at all, no nature will remain.
Bona singula seu parva, seu magna, esse a Deo. Commemoremus ergo bona quanta potuerimus, quae dignum est ut Deo auctori tribuamus, et his sublatis videamus utrum aliqua natura remanebit. Omnis vita et magna et parva, omnis potentia et magna et parva, omnis salus et magna et parva, omnis memoria et magna et parva, omnis virtus et magna et parva, omnis intellectus et magnus et parvus, omnis tranquillitas et magna et parva, omnis copia et magna et parva, omnis sensus et magnus et parvus, omne lumen et magnum et parvum, omnis suavitas et magna et parva, omnis mensura et magna et parva, omnis pulchritudo et magna et parva, omnis pax et magna et parva, et si qua similia occurrere poterunt, maximeque illa quae per omnia reperiuntur, sive spiritualia sive corporalia, omnis modus, omnis species, omnis ordo, et magnus et parvus, a Domino Deo sunt. Quibus bonis omnibus qui male uti voluerit, divino judicio poenas luet: ubi autem nullum horum omnino fuerit, nulla natura remanebit.