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 Lawyer: The earthly dust and mire, Is not worth the strife

Scripture Reference:

• Matthew 5 (further images / scripture text)

Description: In his office filled with books, the lawyer sits in a chair wearing a long robe and a wig; on his lap is a legal document with several seals. He seems to be explaining a point of law to a man standing in front of him, while a second man consults a book. 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 Matthew 5:40. Motto: The earthly dust and mire, /Is not worth the strife. Poem: If Jesus Christ were rightly honored /By those who follow him with the mouth, /And what he teaches would be well practiced, /About refraining, going without, and avoiding, /According to the laws of the highest Court, / Jurisprudence would be in a bad state. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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