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 Military Officer: Toleration and suffering, Is Christian fighting

Scripture Reference:

• Ephesians 6 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The military officer standing under a tree gives instructions to a soldier; in the background are two men riding on horseback and a burning city. 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 Ephesians 6:11-17. Motto: Toleration and suffering,/ Is Christian fighting. Poem: He who likes to fight, should go neither East nor West, /But remain in his very own bed; /That is being besieged until damnation, /The enemy, who is closest, / Is thoughtlessly passed over; /But whoever stands firm against him, will be praised. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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