Book Title: Christeliicken waerseggher : de principale stucken van t'christen geloof en Leuen int cort begrijpende. Met een rolle der deugtsaemheyt daer op dienende. Ende een schildt-wacht teghen de valsche waersegghers, tooueraers, etc. / Deur den e. Heer P. Ioannes David, priester der Societeijt Iesu

Author: David, Jan, 1545?-1613

Image Title: Virtue and Good Deeds

Description: Seven women, representing the seven virtues sit on a hilltop, around which fruit trees, flowers and a grape vine grow. Three men attempt to climb the hill to reach them, while a fourth tumbles to the bottom. The Latin superscription reads, "Virtues as well as works merit heaven," and the text below, "What good will be accomplished in Christendom? Set forth by a few. Every kind of pious work: sweetness and virtue.".

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