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Christ preserves the believer's heart from false worldly decoration, captivity and pain. Engraving by A. Wierix.
Wellcome Collection

Christ preserves the believer's heart from false worldly decoration, captivity and pain. Engraving by A. Wierix.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Fallax mundus ornat vultus, dolus latet sed occultus: ne crede blanditiis hoc vitare si vis rete; cito Christi sinus pete procul ab infidiis. Anton Wierx fecit et excu.

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