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Reply. As God most freely created and conserves all
things, according to the words of Scripture,
"Whatsoever the Lord pleased He hath done,"[959]
so He could cease to supply being to creatures, which
would reduce them to nothing. Annihilation would not be
an action; it would be the cessation of conservation.
Reply to second objection. Without prejudice to His
goodness, God could have refrained from creating.
Erroneously Leibnitz asserted the contrary: God would
not be infinitely good and wise if He had not created,
and if He had not created the best of all possible
worlds. To which Bossuet replied: "God is in no way
greater for having created the universe."[960]
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