De vaste steen daer Godt belieft heeft op te bouwen
Sijn kerck, dat is Geloof. t' ontwijfelijck vertrouwen
Op Cristus sijnen Soon daer door soo werden wij
Rechtvaerdich, Suijver en van alle sonden vrij.
T' Gheloof dat brengt ons voorts veel treffelycke vruchten,
Als Goddelijcke Liefdt, en Hoope sonder duchten,
Veel ander Deuchden meer baert sij in overvloet
Doot-vyandin vant quaet, Maer Moeder van het goet.

La foy en Christ est celle mesme pierre
Sur la quelle est basti tout l'edifice
Du temple sainct, comme dit Christ à Pierre:
C'est celle aussi par qui auons justice,
Qui à beaux fruicts produire est si propice,
Que d'elle sort ceste viue esperance,
Puis charité dont part en abondance
Toute bonne œuure, ennemie de vice.

8[b] ↓

MAXIMA
NON CONFVNDIT
IVSTIFICAT
CHRISTUS

viij.
Christe, fide tibi non incerta credere, viuis
Esse doces saxis condere templa Deo.
Hæc iustis aperit cœlum, & succendit amore
Corda pio, vicijs dum vetat esse locum.

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...

Our greatest [hope]
Does not deceive us
Christ
Justifies.

Christ, you teach us to believe in You with a belief that knows not
The slightest doubt, and to found temples for God on living rocks
This opens heaven for the just and kindles the heart
With pious love, while it denies a place to vice.

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Literature

Mentioned in: Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 1226

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Sources and parallels

Winged column as an attribute of Faith also in:Et hec est victoria que vicit [6] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615)) [Compare]
Winged column as an attribute of Faith also in: Non confundit, nolite confidere [10] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615)) [Compare]

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Et hec est victoria que vicit [6] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615))
Non confundit, nolite confidere [10] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615))

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A heart surrounded by flames on top of a column with wings; the inscription 'Christus' below the column

Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues [11M31]
fire (one of the four elements) [21C]
rocks [25H112]
heart [31A2221]
heart symbolism [31A22210]
flame [41B121]
column, pillar ~ architecture (+ mural painting) [48C161:25F3(+342)]
banderole [49L73]
inscription [49L8]
'The stone ... has become head of the corner' ~ stone (+ variant) [71X1(Ps. 118:22)4(+0)]
epistle of Paul to the Romans (with BOOK CHAPTER:VERSE) [73F411(Rom. 5:5)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(CHRISTUS)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(IUSTIFICAT)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(MAXIMA)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(NON CONFUNDIT)]

Maxima Non confundit Iustificat Christus [8]

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