SITIM EXTINGVIT.

August.& habetur de Poenit dist. 2.cap. cha-
ritas.
Amor est aqua de qua Dominus in Euangelio ait;
Qui biberit ex hac aqua quam ego dabo ei, non sitiet
in aeternum.

[Gratianus, Decretum

, l1/l2/l3/l4/l5/plv/plp/plc. 2/33/3/2/14/187/1569/A]

Psal. 41.
Quemadmodum desiderat ceruus ad fontes aqua-
rum, ita desiderat anima mea ad Deum fontem viuum.

[Bible

, Psalms 42:2]

August.su-
per Ps. 46.
Deus tuus totum tibi erit: manducabis eum, ne esu-
rias; bibes eum, ne sitias.

[Augustinus, Enarrrationes

, l1/l2/l3/plv/plp. 36/1/12/36/363]

Idem in ep. Ioan.cap.7.
Si¹ non vultis in eremo siti mori, bibite charitatem.
Fons enim est quem Deus voluit ponere, ne deficias.

[Augustinus, In Epistolam Ioannis

, ch/sect/plv/plp. 7/1/35/2029]

Es agua qualquier Amor,
Mas del diuino beued,
Que es el que mata la sed.

Godts liefd’ is t’ water daer van seyt,
Den sone Godts, Die ick sal gheuen
Dit water, inder eewicheyt
Niet dorsten sal, maer eewich leuen:
Godts liefden put sal nimmermeer
Zijn wtgheput, dus wilt doch trachten
Te drincken van dit water seer,
Eer dat ghy meucht van dorst versmachten.

Amour est cest eau, de la quelle
Christ en l’euangile a dicté,
Que celuy-la qui boiroit d’elle
n’Auroit soif en eternité.
Courons doncq (ô Ame zeleuse)
A ce puis salutaire & sainct,
Puis que sa boisson amoureuse
Toute ardeur de la chair estaint.

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Translations

Zij lest de dorst.

Love quenches thirst

De liefde is het water waarvan de Heer in het evangelie zegt: [Joh. 4:14] Wie gedronken heeft van het water dat Ik hem zal geven, zal geen dorst krijgen in eeuwigheid.

Love is the water of which the Lord speaks in the Gospel: who will drink from the water I will give to him shall not be thirsty ever again.

Gelijk een hert dat naar waterbeken smacht, zo smacht mijn ziel naar God, de levende bron.

Just as the deer longs for springs of water, so my soul longs for God, my well of life.

Uw God zal voor u alles zijn: u zult Hem eten dat u geen honger hebt, drinken dat u geen dorst hebt.

Your God will be all to you: you will eat Him so as not to be hungry; you will drink Him so as not to be thirsty.

Als u niet in de woestijn van dorst wilt omkomen, drink dan de liefde. Zij is immers de bron die God wil slaan om te voorkomen dat u sterft.

If you do not wish to die of thirst in the desert, drink of love, for it is the well God wished to set up for you, lest you grow weak.

Elke liefde is water, maar drink van de goddelijke liefde die de dorst lest.

Dit water is Liefde, waarvan Christus in het evangelie heeft gezegd dat wie daarvan drinkt, geen dorst zal krijgen in eeuwigheid. IJverige ziel, laten we haastig naar deze heilzame en heilige put gaan, om zijn liefdevolle drank iedere hartstocht van het vlees te laten doven.

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Literature

Knipping relates this scene to Jesus and the Samaritan woman (Joh. 4:9): Knipping, Iconography of the Counter Reformation, pp. 204-205
Sebastián, Visión emblemática del amor divino, p. 13

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Sources and parallels

[Bible, John 4:14]
Hugo was to use the quotation from Psalm 41 [42]:
Quemadmodum desiderat Cervus ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te Deus [41] (in: Hermannus Hugo, Pia desideria (1624)) [Compare]
, see also Quemadmodum desiderat cervus ad fontes aquarum [41] (in: Justus de Harduwijn, Goddelycke wenschen (1629)) [Compare]
as illustrated in: Hugo, Pia desideria (ed. Arwaker), bk/embl. 3/11
Luyken too used the same quotation: Luyken, Jezus en de ziel, embl. 20
and again in the ‘Zang’ in: Luyken, Jezus en de ziel, embl. 39
and again in: Luyken, Menselyk Bedryf, p. 98
In the same emblem, Luyken was to refer to the quotation from John 4: Luyken, Menselyk Bedryf, p. 98
Life-giving spring, in:Die enkel uit onkunde dwaald, Word van God weêr te rug gehaald [5] (in: Pieter Huygen, Beginselen van Gods Koninkrijk (1689)) [Compare]
Life-giving spring, in:Sitim extinguit [84] (in: Jan Suderman, De godlievende ziel (1724)) [Compare]
Pictura remade in: Sitim extinguit [84] (in: Jan Suderman, De godlievende ziel (1724)) [Compare]
The quote of John 4:14 also used by Cats in: Res immoderata, cupido est. [39] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627)) [Compare]

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References, across this site, to this page:

Puteus amoris. [46] (in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628))
Res immoderata, cupido est. [39] (in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627))
Die enkel uit onkunde dwaald, Word van God weêr te rug gehaald [5] (in: Pieter Huygen, Beginselen van Gods Koninkrijk (1689))
Sitim extinguit [84] (in: Jan Suderman, De godlievende ziel (1724))
Sitim extinguit [84] (in: Jan Suderman, De godlievende ziel (1724))

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The human soul is holding a bucket of water taken from the well that sacred love is leaning against

God's perfections [11A23]
church (exterior) [11Q712]
water (one of the four elements) [21D]
radiance emanating from persons or things [22C31]
groups of trees [25G11]
sitting on the ground [31A2351]
index finger forwards, pointing, indicating [31A25552]
the soul during lifetime [31G1]
well [41A3911]
container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin [41A771]
archer's weapons: bow [45C15(BOW)]
quiver [45C23]
Preservation, Sustenance; 'Salvezza', 'Sostanza' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54E43(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ clothed with wings) [56F2(+1331)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
'If any one thirst ...' ~ sayings of Christ (John 7:37) [73C7479]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(SITIM EXTINGUIT)]

Sitim extinguit [39]

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