Book Title: Spiegel van het menselyk bedrijf : in kleuren vertoond met honderd verbeeldingen, van ambachten, konsten, hanteeringen en bedryven, met verzen / Jan en Kasper Luiken.

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: The Plumber: Guide it well, In the mind

Scripture Reference:

• Isaiah 45 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The plumber uses bellows to heat the fire under the solder and soldering iron. A second worker on a ladder listens to the directions from a woman pointing to a problem area. In the background is a city scene with a woman carrying a pail of water into a house. The Dutch artist and poet, Jan Luiken (1649-1712), was responsible for drawing this emblem and for creating the motto and poem that follow. Jan Luiken and/or his son Casper Luiken (1672-1708) were responsible for its etching. The attendant scripture text is Isaiah 45:8. Motto: Guide it well, / In the mind. Poem: Man, in order to catch the rain from the sky,/Builds downspouts on his house, / Because wants to have his necessities: /It is sensible, if only he didn’t let the rain/Of God’s mercy, love, and blessing, /Flow outside the heart-vessel. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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