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Non tuis viribus [5]


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De Seijlsteen treckt alleen, puir ijser nae hem toe.
Maer Cristus treckt oock vaeck des menschen herte, hoe
Verkeert, vuijl, en besmet tot alle boosheijt vaerdich,
Door eijgen Schult vervreemt, sijn goetheijt gansch onwaerdich.
Ach waere Seijlsteen Crist! u berremherticheijt
Vergrammen wy steets met ons boos ondanckbaerheyt.
Sloffe onachsaemheijt die wendt ons tot het quaede
Ghij treckt ons, niet beweecht door wercken, Maer ghenade. translation

Comme le fer s'esleue par l'aymant,
L'homme est de Dieu par Christ tiré aussi.
Ne soit donc pas rien de soy presumant:
Car rien n'y a de sa nature icy.
Christ vray aymant en haut l'esleue ainsi,
Non sa vertu, ny œuure, ny merite.
Ce qui est sien, c'est mal que Dieu irrite.
Bref, il n'a rien que par grace & merci. translation

NON TVIS VIRIBVStranslation

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Magnetis ferrum versatur viribus: & nos
Ad Christum trahimur, commiserante Deo.
Ergo tua ne te speres vi viuere: vitam
Sed tibi concessam munere nosce Dei. translation

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Not by your own powers.
Iron is turned by the powers of the magnet.
We also are drawn to Christ, because God has pity.
Therefore, do not hope to live by your own strength:
Understand that life is granted to you by God's gift.


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Literature

  1. Mentioned in: Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 82f

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A human heart is drawn upwards by a magnet, symbolizing Christ

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