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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28856	No home but heaven A sermon, preached at the funerals of the right worshipful the Lady Sybilla Anderson, in the Church of Broughton, in the county of Lincoln. Octob. 30. 1661. By Edward Boteler, sometimes fellow of St. Mary Magdalen Colledge in Cambridge, and now rector of Wintringham, in the county of Lincoln, and chaplain to His Majesty.	Boteler, Edward, d. 1670.	1664 (1664)	Wing B3803; ESTC R217243	26,996	74

speaks of whose foundation is in the dust light Job 4.19 volatile unstable dust as the word is there observed to signifie Foundations that cannot stand the shock of an Earthquake which force may undermine and blow up or if they escape these time will assuredly bury in their own Ruines Not a Citie besides this of the Text but we may say of it as our Antiquary doth of Rheban Camd. Brit. Ireland p. 86. it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Citilesse Citie We read in the Ecclesiastical History of Simeon the Anchorite who lived in the time of Domnus Bishop of Antio●ch that before that terrible Earthquake which shook in pieces Phoenicia he whipp'd the pillars which stood in the Market-place crying Evagr. Schol. l. 4. ca 33. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stand fast ye are like to dance shortly Upon such Pillars stand all sublunary buildings their foundred footing shakes their lofty tops It stains their glory and takes down their height to think that sad fate in the Prophet attends them Thorns shall come up in their Palaces Isa 34.11 13. Nettles and Brambles in the fortresses thereof and it shall be an habitation of Dragons and a Court for Owls And he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion and the stones of emptinesse Babylon is now the glory of Kingdoms Isa 13 19. the beauty of the Caldees excellency but presently shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah Nineveh the ranting Metropolis of Ashur the City of three dayes journey Jon. 3.3 who multiplyed her Merchants above the stars of heaven Nah. 3 16. Cap. 2.10 she is now empty and void and waste and the heart melteth and the knees knock together Tyre the joyous City whose antiquity is of antient dayes the crowning City whose Merchants are Princes whose Traffiquers are the honourable of the Earth Isa 23.7 8. She must not cannot stand for her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn Zion only cannot be moved but standeth fast for ever Her foundation is in the holy mountain Psal 87.1.3 5. Glorious things are spoken of thee O City of God The Highest himself shall establish her Urbs aeterna a title once given to Rome is the due of this City in the Text of none but this the Eternal Citie Here are those Gates that lift up their heads above all and here are those everlasting doors for the King of Glory and his Saints to enter in Blessed are they that do his Commandments Rev. 22.14 that they may have right to the Tree of Life and may enter in through the Gates into the Citie For as we have heard so shall we one day see in the City of the Lord of Hosts in the City of our God Psa 48.8 God will establish it for ever And be that enough to have spoken to the first part of the Text the title of a Christians Inheritance It is a City Proceed we to the second The Estate a Christian hath in that Citie it is a Reversion It is to come We seek one to come Not as if the Saints were quite out of possession here for till they can come to their estate it is often coming to them in the glimpses and foretastes of it Heb. 6.4 5. They taste the heavenly gift and the powers of the world to come They have an Heaven upon Earth by communion with God 1 Joh. 1.3 by fellowship with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ But it is to come because the sweet and sweight of it lies in the promises what they have now is very little compared with that full free and un-interrupted possession a soul shall be put into when he enters the everlasting gates of the City of the great King You are come to the City of the Living God saies the Apostle What come to it already and yet to come Yes saies St Augustine Credendo venisti sed nondum per venisti You are in the Suburbs but not yet in the City for that 's to come We seek one to come Our happinesse consists not in what we have but what we hope for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as St. Basil speaks blessings reposited and stored in Promises And therefore the Holy Ghost in the Scriptural Deeds and Conveyances of a Believers estate makes so frequently use of phrases of futurition Psal 97.11 Light is sown for the righteous Sown it 's but growing and coming on Adhuc mea messis in herba Psa 31.19 O how great is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee It is great goodnesse but it is laid up Eph. 1.14 The Apostle calls what we have now Pignus only the Pledge and Earnest that Redemptio acquisitionis is yet behind possession is in reserve and but coming We seek one to come Nor have we any cause to suspect the hand of Providence as over-close or reproach our Father with unkindness for keeping our estate so long from us there 's a threefold good intended us by this deteinure the thoughts of which may be useful 't will keep a good understanding betwixt us and Heaven for thereby our Graces are rendred active our Affections ardent our Possession welcome 1. It will keep Grace in action Many Graces are now set on work and imployed by this respite of happiness that would be idle that would not be at all were we in possession of it There are three notable Graces that live best that only live upon reversion and futuritie 1. Faith precious Faith That argumentum non apparentium Heb. 11.1 the evidence of things not seen so it is called by that Apostle who came nearest this Citie of any that retreated into pilgrimage The promises are Pabulum Fidei Faith lives wholly and solely upon hereafter She sees best when the object is furthest off Videbo cum sed non modò I shall see him but not now Num. 24.17 I shall behold him but not nigh Had God given Abraham Canaan in present where had been work for that vigorous faith of his whose quick eye saw through the thick distance of four hundred years Gen. 15.13 and whose long arms reach'd a promise over the heads of so many intervening Generations Give in hand and take away Faith For Fides est credere quod non vides cujus merces est videre quod credidisti so St. Augustine 2. Hope which is inconsistent with possession Ro. 8.24 For hope that is seen is not hope As Faith advanceth to sight so Hope shall commence fruition Heb. 6 19 Hope is the Anchor of the soul It is serviceable whilst abroad in the storm the Harbour will not need it Enjoyment supersedes hope it is one great purpose of God in keeping his people and their possessions asunder that they may learn to live in hopes of them 1 Pet. 1.13 hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to them at