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Chapter 4: Of Creation
1._____ In the beginning it pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, to create or make the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good.
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I'm not very good at rhetoric, Jacob, but how is this?
The manifestation of God's goodness requires the existance of evil.
It pleased God, in the beginning, when He created the world, to manifest His goodness.
Therefore, it pleased God to create a world in which He knew evil would somehow come into being.