But  these  Greeks  can  show  us  nothing  regarding
those  men  of  whom  they  speak,  which  is  even
inferior  by  a  great  degree  to  what  Jesus  did ;

/  unless  they  take  us  back  to  their  fables  and  his-
tories, wishing  us  to  believe  them  without  any
reasonable  grounds,  and  to  discredit  the  Gospel
accounts  even  after  the  clearest  evidence.  For
we  assert  that  the  whole  habitable  world  contains
evidence  of  the  works  of  Jesus,  in  the  existence
of  those  Churches  of  God  which  have  been
founded  through  Him  by  those  who  have  been
converted  from  the  practice  of  innumerable  sins.'
And  the  name  of  Jesus  can  still  remove  distrac-
tions from  the  minds  of  men,  and  expel  demons,
and  also  take  away  diseases;  and  produce  a
marvellous  meekness  of  spirit  and  complete
change  of  character,  and  a  humanity,  and  good-
ness, and  gentleness  in  those  individuals  who  do
not  feign  themselves  to  be  Christians  for  the  sake
of  subsistence  or  the  supply  of  any  mortal  wants,
but  who  have  honestly  accepted  the  doctrine
concerning  God  and  Christ,  and  the  judgment


to  come.
CHAP.  Lxvni.
