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Yes, but if Morgoth comes back, Sauron loses his only chance of ruling the world, beause Morgoth is so filled with hatred of Illuvatar's creation that he will seek to destroy it completely. Sauron's essential nature drives him to seek total control of everything. The Ring is designed for 'control & coercion' of all things. Morgoth would become Sauron's enemy if he returned. The two of them couldn't coexist - though they might end up destroying each other! But that's not to say that if he had found it possible, & if backed into a corner, his fear would not have proved strongest, & he would have released Morgoth, on the principle of 'If I can't have the world, no-one's going to have it & I'll bring back Morgoth to finish it off'. But that would, among other things, require him to wait till Earendel was napping.
I suspect that Sauron used Morgoth as an idea/symbol in Numenor. Effectively the Numenoreans did worship Sauron, because as 'High Priest' of Morgoth his word would be law.
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