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A01750 Architectonice consolationis: or, The art of building comfort occasioned by the death of that religious gentlewoman, Iane Gilbert; to be studied: and with all a platforme of comfort to be raised up by her husband William Gilbert Doctor in Divinity. Gilbert, William, 1597?-1640. 1640 (1640) STC 11882; ESTC S103154 35,866 70

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ARCHITECTONICE CONSOLATIONIS OR THE ART OF BVILDING COMFORT OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THAT RELIGIOVS GENTLE-WOMAN IANE GILBERT TO BE STVDIED AND WITH ALL A PLATFORME OF COMFORT TO BE RAISED VP BY HER HVSBAND WILLIAM GILBERT DOCTOR IN DIVINITY Ierem. 8. 22. Question Is there no balme in Gilead Is there no Physitian there Rom. 15 4 Answer Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through Comfort of the Scriptures might have hope Reason Aegrotanti animo Medious est Oratio Consolatoria Comfortable words are a Physitian for one not well in minde even to cure One Sicke at the Heart 1 Thes. 4. 18. Illation Wherefore Comfort one another with these Words London Printed by Iohn Legatt for G. Lantham and are to be sold at the signe of the Bishops-head in Pauls-Church-yard 1640. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE EDWARD LORD VISCOVNT CONAWAY AND ●ILVLTA BARON OF RADGLEY MARSHALL OF IRELAND AND ONE OF HIS Majesties Most Honourable Privie Councell of 〈◊〉 May it please your Honour TO admit this Act of Recordation that 't is full Fourteene yeares since the happy Aspect of your gracious Favour did reflect upon me for my good both by Sea and Land which left in me such an Impression of the Character of your Noble and Religious Disposition that to this very Day edgeth a fresh desire to take this advantagious though in another respect a sad Opportunity to testifie my dutifull respect to your Honour It may be this Art of Building Comfort is not so artificially and laboriously composed as you have heard and was pleased to countenance some Vniversitie-Pieces of mine there might be more oyle bestowed on them to varnish the Face of their style but this Treatise is allowed more Wine to comfort the Heart of the Reader This induced me to present to your gracious Acceptation this Earnest of that Debt of Thankfulnesse wherein both your Favours and Deserts tàm Arte quàm Marte have bound me to you a small Earnest is sufficient to binde the greatest Contract twi●t a bountifull hand and a thankfull Heart Let this be such of my Gratitude and not onely a Pledge of Mine but a Remembrance of Hers I meane my dead Wife whose Living Thankfulnesse to God for your Favours to me you had though not made knowne unto you And if your more then ordinary Employments will permit you to read over either Her deserved Commendation or Her Epitaph which is much too narrow for her worth both are in the adjoyning Pages then I hope your Lordship will have no cause to repent the Dedication of this Treatise In the meane time my Experimentall knowledge that in you the Nobilitie of Descent and Minde concurre the Eminencie of Parts in your selfe and Affabilitie of Disposition to others do mutually reflect each on the other which Harmonie may well challenge this my voluntary Oblation as a necessary Obligation that for ever tyes me to fixe my Devotions on Heaven and heartily to pray for your temporall spirituall and eternall Happinesse Your Honours to dispose of William Gilbert EPITAPH AND A DEFENCE OF IT THE Imputation of Superstition or Gentilisme in them that raise up Memorials of the Dead is easily wiped away 1. By Reason 1. 'T is an Honour to the Dead to have their Memories survive them 2. 'T is a comfort to the Living to treasure up the worthy Acts of the Dead 3. The Religious vertuous Practise of the Dead is an admirable Paterne for the Living to worke by 2. By Scripture where are Pillars set up as Civill Monuments and Remembrances of mens Fame Absalom reared up for himselfe a b. Pillar to keepe his Name in Remembrance But yet which is more apposite and adaequate to my purpose Rachel dyed And Iacob set a Pillar upon her grave b Iacob a President unparallel'd Therefore will I lay a Grave-stone on my wife and set this Commemorative Epitaph upon it The Remaines of Iane Gilbert Favour is deceitfull and Beauty is vaine but a woman that Feareth the Lord She shall be praised Prov. 31. 30. The Ring of her Life set with the Diamond of Feare Th' Poesie of Faith to Trust in my God All my Care Her Hope tryed like Gold And the Circle of Her Love From God to man from man to God againe did move 1639. Septemb. 4. And She dyed TO THE DISCONSOLATE AND SORROWFVLL FRIENDS OF IANE GILBERT DECEASED WILLIAM GILBERT WISHETH TRVE COMFORT OVT OF GODS WORD IN this Case that of the Psalmist is the Pinacle of Comfort to be placed on the top of this Building a The Righteous shall be had in everlasting Remembrance The Righteous Such a One was this our Sister and my Wife One clothed with the Roabe of Righteousnesse which was woven out of Christs side adorned and embroidered with sanctifying graces in her life and conversation Is it not a Christian Duty that such a One should be had in Remembrance so farre as we can propagate her worth to Posteritie She did not seeke Fame by well doing to be remembred but Fame comes unsought for and Her well doing shall be remembred after Her death for 't is worth our observation that David sets it not down in the present time are but in the future shall be had in remembrance What though the Righteous in their life time are little thought of except to be ill spoken of yet Time the Mother of Truth shall bring all things to light and cause the Righteous to be had in everlasting Remembrance before God and his Angels and the whole Theater of Righteous just Men b The Fame of the Righteous buds forth when He is in the grave then we may best speak of the Mariner when He is at his Haven and praise the Captaine when He hath got the Triumph and set the Crowne of Praise upon this our Sister now She hath fought her long fight and finished her course with Ioy who every day for many moneths before Her Death did pray that Prayer which is the last in the Handmaide to Devotion c and thus begins Welcome blessed houre the Period of my Pilgrimage the End of my Cares the Close of my Sighes the Bound of my travailes the Goale of my race the Heaven of my Hopes Is She not worthy to be had in remembrance who did give the houre of Death so good Entertainment as so long before to bid it heartily welcome with so many sweet Names as End Period Close Bound Goale Heaven What shall I say next for your Comfort But this the the better She was the greater her Gaine for ever and my losse for the present Yet her Gaine waighes downe my losse I confesse the losse of her enters deepe into my heart and deeper it would goe but that her Gaine cannot enter into the Heart of man to conceive it her Gaine to the tongue of man unspeakable but my losse is unvaluable onely according to the Common waights of the World because She was of