29. Furthermore, we must form a conclusion why it is that the words cited above, Therefore thus saith the Lord, are followed by But the Lord shall slay you, and as to the meaning of the next sentence, But my servants shall be called by a new name, which shall be blessed upon earth. There can be no doubt that both Therefore thus saith the Lord, and afterwards But the Lord shall slay you, prove that it was the Lord Who both spoke, and also purposed to slay, Who meant to reward His servants with that new name, Who was well known to have spoken through the prophets and was to be the judge of the righteous and of the wicked. And thus the remainder of this revelation of the mystery of the Gospel removes all doubt concerning the Lord as Speaker and as Slayer. It continues:—But My servants shall be called by a new name, which shall be blessed upon earth. Here everything is in the future. What then is this new name of a religion; a name which shall be blessed upon earth? If ever in past ages there were a blessing upon the name Christian, it is not a new name. But if this hallowed name of our devotion towards God be new, then this new title of Christian, awarded to our faith, is that heavenly blessing which is our reward upon earth.

29. Filius triplici titulo Deus verus ab Esaia ostenditur. Christianum nomen novum.---Tum praeterea, cum superius dictum sit, Propterea sic dicit Dominus; intelligendum est cur ita hoc consequatur, Vos autem interficiet Dominus: deinde post haec quid sibi velit hic sermo, Servientibus vero mihi vocabitur nomen novum, quod benedicetur super terram (Ibid. 16). Numquid ambigitur in eo quod dictum est, Propterea 0148D sic dicit Dominus, et in eo quod sequitur, Vos autem 0149A interficiet Dominus, id demonstratum fuisse, ut qui loqueretur, et qui interfecturus esset, non aliud intelligeretur esse quam Dominus; qui et postea sibi servientes novo esset nomine muneraturus, et non ignoraretur et in prophetis locutus esse, et piorum atque impiorum judex futurus? Mysterium itaque sermo reliquus evangelici sacramenti, ne quid in Domino dicente et in Domino interficiente ambigi possit, explicuit: Servientibus vero mihi vocabitur nomen novum, quod benedicetur super terram. Omnis hic futuri temporis sermo est. Et quod est hoc novum nomen religionis, quod benedicetur super terram? Si a saeculis Christiani vocabuli antea beatitudo umquam fuit, nunc novum non est. Sin vero hoc sanctificatum pietatis nostrae in 0149B Deum novum nomen est, 123 haec profecto professionis novitas coelestium benedictionum merces super terram est.