The Institution of Christian Religion

For where the Jews themselves do teach, that all other names of God are but adjective names of addition, and that this only name Jehovah which they call unspeakable is a substantive name to express his essence: we gather that the Son is the only and eternal God,¹ which saith in an other place that he will not give his glory to an other. But here also they seek to scape away because that Moses gave that name to the Altar that he builded, and Ezekiel gave it to the new city Jerusalem. But who doth not see that the Altar was builded for a monument that God was the advancement of Moses. And that Jerusalem is not adorned with the name of God, but only to testify the presence of God? For thus sayeth the Prophet. The name of the city from that day shall be Jehovah there.² And Moses saith thus. He builded an altar and called the name of it, Jehovah my exaltation. But more business ariseth by an other place of Jeremiah, where the same tittle is applied to Jerusalem in these words: this is the name whereby they shall call her Jehovah our righteousness. But this testimony is so far from making against the trueth which we defend, that it rather confirmeth it. For whereas he had before testified that Christ is the true Jehovah from whom floweth righteousness, now he pronounceth that the church shall so verily feel the same, that she may gloriously use the very name it self. And so in the first place is set the fountain and cause of righteousness, in the other the effect.

For where the Iewes themselues doe teach, that all other names of God are but adiectiue names of addicion, and that this only name Iehouah whiche they call vnspeakable is a substantiue name to expresse hys essence: we gather that the Sonne is the onely and eternall God,¹ which saith in an other place that he wil not geue his glory to an other. But here also they seke to scape away because that Moses gaue that name to the Altare that he bilded, and Ezechiel gaue it to the newe citie Hierusalem. But who doth not see that the Altare was builded for a monumente that God was the auauncement of Moses. And that Hierusalem is not adorned with the name of God, but onely to testifie the presence of God? For thus sayeth the Prophete. The name of the citie from that day shalbe Iehouah there.