| 19--Luik |
The Baker: He who nourishes the body, Is for the spirit |
| 19--Luik |
The Tailor: Oh Man, wear Your best garment |
| 19--Luik |
The Carpenter: Small things are pursued, Greater ones are not considered |
| 19--Luik |
The Bricklayer: The bad neighbor Demands a wall |
| 19--Luik |
The Glazier: Life craves, Light and air |
| 19--Luik |
The Plumber: Guide it well, In the mind |
| 19--Luik |
The Cabinet Maker: Best stored, Least missed |
| 19--Luik |
The Brush Maker: Everyone should seek The dirty corner |
| 19--Luik |
The Broom Maker: Clean and sweep, As it pleases God |
| 19--Luik |
The Basket Maker: the Leaky barrel Retains no liquid |
| 19--Luik |
The Sieve Maker: Thou who dost watch the small thing, dost not neglect the big things |
| 19--Luik |
The Chair Maker: Even if made of gold, It breaks like wood |
| 19--Luik |
The Thread Winder: Though it looked like hate, It does no harm |
| 19--Luik |
The Silk Winder: Seek and wear What pleases God |
| 19--Luik |
The Wool Washer: The night vanishes, When the day shines |
| 19--Luik |
The Weaver: Thou who dost mind thy handiwork makest thy life’s work neat |
| 19--Luik |
The Nap Shearer: He is wise, who makes the garment, That never wears out |
| 19--Luik |
The Dyer: Universality Gives unity |
| 19--Luik |
The Shoemaker: Don’t look at the means, But why it happens |
| 19--Luik |
The Comb Maker: Comb out the tangle, Before it’s worse |
| 19--Luik |
The Optician: Not here and there, But to the point |
| 19--Luik |
The Needle Maker: The more guarded, The sooner prevented |
| 19--Luik |
The Pin Maker: A wise decision Looks far ahead |
| 19--Luik |
The Gold Wire Drawer: Virtue keeps its youth |
| 19--Luik |
The Brass Smith: All shine Is not real |
| 19--Luik |
The Pewterer: Seek the treasure in yourself, From the very finest vessel |
| 19--Luik |
The Balance Maker: Keep honest weight For close scrutiny |
| 19--Luik |
The Blacksmith: Spend your industry At the right time |
| 19--Luik |
The Coppersmith: When it’s ready, It will be the end of the struggle |
| 19--Luik |
The Lantern Maker: Dost thou not want to go astray, Follow Jesus’ rays |
| 19--Luik |
The Knife Maker: Where laughter is, Crying is near |
| 19--Luik |
The Sword Smith: A lamb, that never shed blood, And carries no wolf’s scratch on its leg |
| 19--Luik |
The Gunsmith: Virtue’s gun is good, For the evil you encounter |
| 19--Luik |
The Skate Maker: For little pleasure, A big hazard |
| 19--Luik |
The Boom and Mast Maker: When flood forces you down, Defend yourself |
| 19--Luik |
The Pump Maker: Who doesn’t want to sink, Must put hand to work |
| 19--Luik |
The Shipwright: Avoid sand and cliff With life’s ship |
| 19--Luik |
The Rope Walker: The course is bad, But the work is right |
| 19--Luik |
The Sail Maker: The swift wind, Catch it where it’s found |
| 19--Luik |
The Cooper: If it isn’t closed, It leaks out |
| 19--Luik |
The Oil Presser: Press oil from the heart, That feeds the light of piety |
| 19--Luik |
The Candle Maker: Lose the least, For great profit |
| 19--Luik |
The Butcher: Unthinking Pays no heed |
| 19--Luik |
The Pastry Baker: Today beautiful, Tomorrow fodder |
| 19--Luik |
The Sugar Refiner: Christ’s blood, Contained divine sweetness |
| 19--Luik |
The Apothecary: A potion of Christ’s blood Is precious for the soul |
| 19--Luik |
The Gardener: The right garden Is not on earth |
| 19--Luik |
The Miller: Heaven gives, He who catches has |
| 19--Luik |
The Brewer: The refreshment is ready, Where is thirst’s suffering? |
| 19--Luik |
The Grain Chandler: What’s inside Is the true kernel |
| 19--Luik |
The Wheelwright: Dost thou long for sweet comfort, Load thy troublesome bundle unto the Lord |
| 19--Luik |
The Saddler: Your own Animal Requires Control |
| 19--Luik |
The Bellows Maker: Fetch, through your breath, From God your air |
| 19--Luik |
The Turner: The Discoveries are many, Though few for the eternal soul |
| 19--Luik |
The Instrument Maker: It’s good or bad, Depending on the aim |
| 19--Luik |
The Surgeon: The heart demands to be bandaged From deathly wounds |
| 19--Luik |
The Wigmaker: Don’t please the world, But the eye that sees everything |
| 19--Luik |
The Hatter: The hat of virtue is beautiful, More so than a cold crown |
| 19--Luik |
The Tanner: What does slavery help, As it would be best forgotten |
| 19--Luik |
The Paper Maker: Although it’s bad, It comes to rights |
| 19--Luik |
The Book Printer: Create your happiness From press and print |
| 19--Luik |
The Copperplate Printer: What the heart incorporates, It conveys |
| 19--Luik |
The Bookbinder: The eye of the eternal being Can read the book of your heart |
| 19--Luik |
The Schoolmaster: Make medicine Not venom |
| 19--Luik |
The Watchmaker: So one is prepared While there is time |
| 19--Luik |
The Mirror Maker: Resemblance depends On the being, that gave it |
| 19--Luik |
The Glass Blower: A finer matter Lies under the coarse one |
| 19--Luik |
The Bleacher: How thou dost boast about thy neatness, Who wearest out the soul’s garment soiled |
| 19--Luik |
The Stone Sawyer: Everything in time At the end of the struggle |
| 19--Luik |
The Stonemason: Though scattered, Nonetheless prepared |
| 19--Luik |
The Brick Maker: Divine service liberates us from Satan’s slavery |
| 19--Luik |
The Potter: Carry in your earthly pot a more valuable treasure |
| 19--Luik |
The Glue Maker: Fasten your soul To the eternal good |
| 19--Luik |
The Peat Cutter: It’s unseen, Though it can have happened |
| 19--Luik |
The Miner: However valuable, It’s substance of the earth |
| 19--Luik |
The Minter: The heart, lit with heavenly light, Has no desire to be a moneybag |
| 19--Luik |
The Goldbeater: Under the covering Lies loss |
| 19--Luik |
The Silversmith: However noble the material, Still much too coarse |
| 19--Luik |
The Goldsmith: Feel the ground, From which it originated |
| 19--Luik |
The Diamond Cutter: They’re drops from a spring, That ends nor begins |
| 19--Luik |
The Pearl Borer: oh Nimble merchant, search and bid For the pearl, named Jesus |
| 19--Luik |
The Embroiderer: Embroider thy heart with virtue’s art, So that thou mayst be deemed noble |
| 19--Luik |
The Tapestry Maker: However beautifully made, Death does separate |
| 19--Luik |
The Painter: All that they eye sees, Is still not the principal thing |
| 19--Luik |
The Etcher/Engraver: The restoration when it’s worn, Transfers from one to all |
| 19--Luik |
The Sculptor: oh Man choose Gain from loss |
| 19--Luik |
The Musician: Is the little drop sweet, Insist on the flood |
| 19--Luik |
The Astrologer: What matters most, Should be considered most |
| 19--Luik |
The Lawyer: The earthly dust and mire, Is not worth the strife |
| 19--Luik |
The Chemist: He who releases you, Is your friend |
| 19--Luik |
The Doctor: God is the medicine For hell’s deadly venom |
| 19--Luik |
The Preacher: Who would like to see eternal welfare, Should preach to himself all day long |
| 19--Luik |
The Farmer: First sowed, Then reaped |
| 19--Luik |
The Sailor: Who wants to reach the East, Must retreat from the West |
| 19--Luik |
The Fisherman: All ye, who swim in the world’s streams, Thou canst not escape the large net |
| 19--Luik |
The Hunter: The desires of sins, Are biting dogs |
| 19--Luik |
The Merchant: See far, and toil For eternal fortune |
| 19--Luik |
The Military Officer: Toleration and suffering, Is Christian fighting |
| 19--Luik |
The Ruler: Reign over the rebels, Who disturb the heart’s kingdom |
| 19--Luik |
The Gravedigger: Whoever has presumptions, Look in this mirror |
