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LOST WRITINGS OF JUSTIN.
XII.
As it is inherent in all bodies formed by God to have a shadow, so it is fitting that God, who is just, should render to those who choose what is good, and to those who prefer what is evil, to every one according to his deserts.
(From the writings of John of Damascus.) XIII.
He speaks not of the Gentiles in foreign lands, but concerning [the people] who agree with the Gentiles, according to that which is spoken by Jeremiah: " It is a bitter thing for thee, that thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord thy God, that of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and torn asunder thy bands, and said, I will not serve Thee, but will go to every high hill, and underneath every tree, and there shall I become dissolute in my fornication."?
(From Ms. of the writings of Justin.) XIV.
Neither. shall light ever be darkness as long as light exists, nor shall the truth of the things pertaining to us be controverted. For truth is that than which nothing is more powerful.
Every one who might speak the truth, and speaks it not, shall be judged by God.
(us. and works of John of Damascus.) XV.
And the fact that it was not said of the seventh day equally with the other days, "And there was evening, and there was morning," is a distinct indication of the consummation which is to take place in it before it is finished, as the fathers declare, especially St Clement, and Irenzeus, and Justin the martyr and philosopher, who, commenting with exceeding wisdom on the number six of the sixth day, affirms that the intelligent soul of man and his five susceptible senses were the six works of the sixth day. Whence also, having dis1 Jer. ii. 19, ete. (UX X.)
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coursed at length on the number six, he declares that all things which have been framed by God are divided into six classes,—viz. into things intelligent and immortal, such as are the angels; into things reasonable and mortal, such as mankind ; into things sensitive 'and irrational, such as cattle, and birds, and fishes; into things that can advance, and move, and are insensible, such as the winds, and the clouds, and the waters, and the stars; into things which increase and are immoveable, such as the trees; and into things which are insensible and immoveable, such as the mountains, the earth, and such like.
For all the creatures of God, in heaven and on earth, fall under one or other of these divisions, and ave circumscribed by them.
(From the writings of Anastasius.) XVI.
Sound doctrine does not enter into the hard and disobedient heart; but, as if beaten back, enters anew into itself.
XVII.
As the good of the body is health, so the good of the soul is knowledge, which is indeed a kind of health of soul, by which a likeness to God is attained.
(From the writings of John of Damascus.) XVIII.
To yield and give way to our passions is the lowest slavery, even as to rule over them is the only liberty.
The greatest of all good is to be free from sin, the next is to be justified; but he must be reckoned the most unfortunate of men, who, while living unrighteously, remains for a long time unpunished.
Animals in harness cannot but be carried over a precipice by the inexperience and badness of their driver, even as by his skilfulness and excellence they will be saved.
The end contemplated by a philosopher is likeness to God, so far as that is possible.
(from the writings of A. Melissa.)
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[The words] of St Justin, philosopher and martyr, from the fifth part of his Apology :'—I reckon prosperity, O men, to consist in nothing else than in living according to truth.
But we do not live properly, or according to truth, unless we understand the nature of things.
It escapes them apparently, that he who has by a true faith come forth from error to the truth, has truly known himself, not, as they say, as being in a state of frenzy, but as free from the unstable and (as to every variety of error) changeable corruption, by the simple and ever identical truth.
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AND OTHERS,
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.
gi HOUGH nothing is known as to the date or authorship of the following narrative, it is generally reckoned among the most trustworthy of the Martyria. An absurd addition was in some copies made to it, to the effect that Justin died by means of hemlock.
Some have thought it necessary, on account of this story, to conceive of two Justins, one of whom, the celebrated defender of the Christian faith whose writings are given in this volume, died through poison, while the other suffered in the way here described, along with several of his friends.
But the description of Justin given in the following account, is evidently such as compels us to refer it to the famous apologist and martyr of the second century.
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THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY MARTYRS,
JUSTIN, CHARITON, CHARITES, PION, AND LIBERIANUS,
WHO SUFFERED AT ROME,
ee Cuap. 1.—Fwvamination of Justin by the prefect.
BIN the time of the lawless partisans of idolatry, IS) wicked decrees were passed against the godly
Christians in town and country, to force them to offer libations to vain idols; and accordingly the holy men, having been apprehended, were brought before the prefect of Rome, Rusticus by name.
And when they had been brought before his judgment-seat, Rusticus the prefect said to Justin, "Obey the gods at once, and submit to the kings."* Justin said, "To obey the commandments of our
Saviour Jesus Christ is worthy neither of blame nor of condemnation."
Rusticus the prefect said, " What kind of doctrines do you profess?" Justin said, "I have endeavoured to learn all doctrines ; but I have acquiesced at last in the true doctrines, those namely of the Christians, even though they do not please those who hold false opinions."
Rusticus the prefect said, " Are those the doctrines that please you, you utterly wretched man?"
Justin said, "Yes, since I adhere to them with right dogma."?
Rusticus the prefect said, "What is the dogma?"
Justin said, "That according to which we worship the God of the Christians, whom we reckon to be one from the beginning, the maker and fashioner
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of the whole creation, visible and invisible; and the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who had also been preached beforehand by the prophets as about to be present with the race of men, the herald of salvation and teacher of good disciples.
And I, being a man, think that what I can say is insignificant in comparison with His boundless divinity, acknowledging a certain prophetic power,' since it was prophesied concerning Him of whom now I say that He is the Son of God.
For I know that of old the prophets foretold :
His appearance among men.
Cuap. 11.—Laamination of Justin continued.
Rusticus the prefect said, " Where do you assemble?"
Justin said, " Where each one chooses and can: for do you fancy that we all meet in the very same place?
Not so; because the God of the Christians is not circumscribed by place; but being invisible, fills heaven and earth, and everywhere is worshipped and glorified by the faithful."
Rusticus the prefect said, "Tell me where you assemble, or into what place do you collect your followers?"
Justin said, "TI live above one Martinus, at the Timiotinian Bath; and during the whole time (and I am now living in Rome for the second time) I am unaware of any other meeting than his.
And if any one wished to come to me, I communicated to him the doctrines of truth."
Rusticus said, " Are you not, then, a Christian?"
Justin said, " Yes, I am a Christian."
Cuar. 1.—LExamination of Chariton and others.
Then said the prefect Rusticus to Chariton, "Tell me further, Chariton, are you also a Christian?"
Chariton said, "Tam a Christian by the command of God."
Rusticus the prefect asked the woman Charito, " What say you, Charito ?"
Charito said, "I am a Christian by the grace of God."
Rusticus said to Euelpistus, "And what are you?"
Euelpistus, a servant of Cesar, answered, "TI too am a Christian, having been freed by Christ; and by the grace of Christ I * That is, that a prophetic inspiration is required to speak worthily of Christ.
HOLY MARTYRS.
partake of the same hope."
Rusticus the prefect said to Hierax, "And you, are you a Christian?"
Hiierax said, "Yes, I am a Christian, for I revere and worship the same God."
Rusticus the prefect said, "Did Justin make you Christians?"
Hierax said, "I was a Christian, and will be a Christian."
And Peon stood up and said, "I too am a Christian."
Rusticus the prefect said, "Who taught you?"
Peon said, " From our parents we received this good confession."
Euelpistus said, "I willingly heard the words of Justin.
But from my parents also I learned to be a Christian." Rusticus the prefect said, " Where are your parents?"
Euelpistus said, " In Cappadocia."
Rusticus says to Hierax, "Where are your parents?" And he answered, and said, " Christ is our true father, and faith in Him is our mother; and my earthly parents died; and I, when I was driven from Iconium in Phrygia, came here."
Rusticus the prefect said to Liberianus, " And what say you? Are you a Christian, and unwilling to worship [the gods]?"
Liberianus said, "I too am a Christian, for I worship and reverence the only true
God."
CHAP. Iv.— Rusticus threatens the Christians with death.
The prefect says to Justin, " Hearken, you who are called learned, and think that you know true doctrines; if you are scourged and beheaded, do you believe you will ascend into heaven?"
Justin said, "I hope that, if I endure these things, I shall have His gifts."
For I know that, to all who have thus lived, there abides the divine favour until the completion of the whole world."
Rusticus the prefect said, " Do you suppose, then, that you will ascend into heaven to receive some recompense?"
Justin said, "I do not suppose it, but I know and am fully persuaded of it."
Rusticus the prefect said, " Let us, then, now come to the matter in hand, and which presses.
Having come together, offer sacrifice with one accord to the gods."
Justin said, " No right-thinking person falls away from piety to impiety."
Rusticus the 1 Another reading is d¢y"ara, which may be translated, '' I shall have what He teaches [us to expect]."
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prefect said, "Unless ye obey, ye shall be mercilessly punished."
Justin said, "Through prayer we can be saved on account of our Lord Jesus Christ, even when we have been punished,' because this shall become to us salvation and confidence at the more fearful and universal judgment-seat of our Lord and Saviour."
Thus also said the other martyrs :
"Do what you will, for we are Christians, and do not sacrifice to idols."
CHAP. v.—Sentence pronounced and executed.
Rusticus the prefect pronounced sentence, saying, " Let those who have refused to sacrifice to the gods and to yield to the command of the emperor be scourged, and led away to suffer the punishment of decapitation, according to the laws."
The holy martyrs having glorified God, and having gone forth to the accustomed place, were beheaded, and perfected their testimony in the confession of the Saviour.
And some of the faithful having secretly removed their bodies, laid them in a suitable place, the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ having wrought along with them, to whom be glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
} This passage admits of another rendering.
Lord Hailes, following the common Latin version, thus translates:
'' It was our chief wish to endure tortures for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, and so to be saved."
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