Dees man soo t' schijnt beklimt een sorchelijcke leer
Lijckt los ghenoech te staen om bof van boven neer
te tuymelen om laech. Noch vreest hij niet met allen
Hij weet, als Godt hem hout heeft hij gheen noot van vallen.
O Cristen-menschen! Reijckt nae Godt toe met u hant,
Bidt met vertrouwen dat hij u bewaer voor schant
Want sonder hem moet ghij t' met vallen suier bekoopen,
Stut, heijl, noch salicheijt is buijten hem te hoopen.

Cest homme icy, prest à tumber en bas,
Et se froisser, au moins en apparence,
Monte tousiours, & rasseure son pas,
Sachant que Dieu le soustient d'asseurance.
Que tout Chrestien donc prie en confiance
Dieu, qu'il le tienne, & ne le laisse point.
Car s'il nous laisse, il n'y a esperance
D'aucun salut iusqu'à vn petit poinct.

13[b] ↓

A QVO TREPIDABO

xiij.
Casuro licet assimilis, vestigia firmat,
Dextra Dei cuius fulcit amica gradum.
Tota igitur tu mente Deo te tradere totum
Disce. Salus nulla est, deficiente Deo.

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13[b]

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...

From whom shall I fear?

May it seem he will fall, his path is steady
Whose step is supported by the friendly hand of God.
Therefore, learn to hand over yourself completely to God
With all your heart. There is no salvation, if God is missing.

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Literature

Mentioned in: Henkel and Schöne, Emblemata, col. 1416f

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Sources and parallels

Hand of God helping the soul to climb the ladder to heaven, in: Wie rust met half voltrokken werk, Mist licht zijn wit en ogemerk [9] (in: Pieter Huygen, Beginselen van Gods Koninkrijk (1689)) [Compare]

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Wie rust met half voltrokken werk, Mist licht zijn wit en ogemerk [9] (in: Pieter Huygen, Beginselen van Gods Koninkrijk (1689))

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A man ascends a ladder that reaches into the clouds; his extended hand is held by the hand of God

hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father [11C12]
Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues [11M31]
ladder, stairway to heaven [11S31]
rocky coast [25H131]
island (+ variant) [25H14(+0)]
sea (seascape) [25H23]
wave [25H2311]
clouds [26A]
arm raised upward [31A2511]
leading someone by the hand or wrist [31A25432]
floating in the air [31A2763]
adult man [31D14]
ladder [41A343]
inscription [49L8]
Trust (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56D2(+4)]
the book of Psalms (with BOOK CHAPTER:VERSE) [71X1(Ps. 27:1)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(A QUO TREPIDABO)]

A quo trepidabo [13]

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