Section 186
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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 155 he wrote a work called Psaltes, (the psalmist,) another, also con sisting of Remarks on the Soul, in which, after proposing vari ous questions on the subject, he adds the opinions that prevailed among the Greek philosophers, which he also promises to dis prove, and tc give his own opinion in a separate work. He also wrote a dialogue against the Jews, which he held at Ephesus with Tryphon, the most distinguished among the Hebrews of the day. In this he shows how the Divine grace stimulated him to this discourse on the faith, what zeal also he had before evinced in the studies of philosophy, and what indefatigable research he had applied in the discovery of the truth. In this also he states respecting the Jews, how insidiously they plotted against the doc trine of Christ, and addresses the following words to Tryphon : " But you do not only continue impenitent for your evil deeds, but selecting chosen men, you sent them from Jerusalem to all the world, declaring that the infidel sect of Christians had made its appearance, and uttering all those falsehoods against us which those that know us not are accustomed to repeat. Thus you are the causes of iniquity not only to yourselves but to all others also." He writes also, that even down to his time, gifts of pro phecy shone forth in the church ; mentions also, the Revelation of John, plainly calling it the work of the apostle, and records also, certain prophetic declarations, in his discussion with Try phon, and showing that the Jews had expunged them from the Scriptures. There are also many other works of his in the hands of many of our brethren. So valuable and worthy of study were these works esteemed by the ancients, that Irenaeus quotes him often. This he does in the fourth book against heresies, adding the words : " And well does Justin, in his work against Marcion, say : 'I would not even believe the Lord himself, if he were to announce any other God but the Creator.' " And in the fifth book, he says : " And well did Justin say, that be fore the appearance of our Lord, Satan never ventured to blas pheme God, because he did not yet know his own condemnation." These we deemed necessary to state, in order to stimulate the studious likewise to the diligent perusal of these books. And thus much respecting Justin. 16