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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

under the shadow of the Almighty Psal 89.22 The Enemy shall not exact upon him nor the Son of wickedness afflict him Psa 91.4 He shall cover him with his feathers and under his wings shall he trust his truth shall be his shield and buckler When the Saints shall take possession of this City it shall be with ovation and triumph Isa 26.1 In that day shall this song be sung we have a strong City Salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks Salvation must needs make strong walls and that City cannot but be inexpugnable where God undertakes the fortification A City there 's Fortitudo that 's a second 3. A City there 's Plenitudo Cities are places of opulency and fulness Locuples copiis civitas Cic. Neighbouring Towns and Villages pour in their store to encrease and furnish them Such this City and in such an allusion does the Holy Ghost speak Rev. 21.24 v. 26. The Kings of the Earth do bring in their glory and honour into it They shall bring the glory and honour of the Nations into it Look how the lesser Towns and Vicinages do bring in their wealth and provision contribute to the plenty and abundance of the Cities so shall the uncessant confluence of all that is rich and glorious advance the flourishing estate of the new Hierusalem The Author of this Epistle tells us Chro. 11.16 God hath prepared for them a City Guess if you can what plenty there is like to be where God himself makes preparation There you shall find what the Apostle calls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eph. 3.8 the unsearchable the impervestigable riches of Christ There we shall see with enlightned understandings what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints Annot. in Eph 1.18 Mat. 6 20. or in the holy places as the Italian Diodati gives it us out of his own language There are those Treasures where neither Moth nor Rust doth corrupt nor Thieves break through and steal Luke 12.33 There are those Bags which wax not old whose summs would pose all telling could we cast accounts with the Starrs Psal 50.2 In the perfection of beauty there God shineth Psal 84.1.2 How amiable are those thy Tabernacles O Lord of Hosts My soul longeth yea even fainteh for the Courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh cryeth out for the living God How have all the servants in our fathers house bread enough and to spare Luke 15.17 and we stay here and perish for hunger A City there 's Plenitudo that 's a third 4. A City there 's Unitas It is a Town incorporate an union of several members in one body Such our City here what was said of the old may much rather be said of the new Hierusalem Psal 122.3 It is builded as a City that is at unity in it self There is 1. Unitas oris an accord of voices All tongues are tuned to praise They do all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in St. Pauls phrase 1 Col. 1.10 speak the same thing And St. John tells us what it is Blessing honour Rev. 5.13 glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever The whole Chorus of Heaven and Earth joyne in this Song 2. Unitas Cordis an onenesse of heart and affection They shall be perfectly joyned together in the same mind 1 Col. 1.10 and like those believers in the Acts of the Apostles of one heart Ch. 4 3● and of one soul Here our affections straggle and run out divers waies there they shall all come in concenter and take up in God Here we differ in Diameter contest sharply and like Paul and Barnabas dispute our selves asunder there we shall consent and be all composure and harmony and love Ep. 5. ad Marcel and joy and peace For this is a City where Rex est veritas Lex est charitas modus aeternitas in Saint Augustines language A City there 's Unitas that 's a fourth 5. A City there 's Immunitas Cities are infranchised and priviledged places they have many freedoms above other Towns and so in the Apostle's words Hierusalem which is above Gal. 4 26. is free which is the mother of us all The priviledges of a City among many others are these two The Seat The Safetie 1. The Seat It is a prime priviledge to be the Royal Seat the Chamber of Kings the Residence of Majestie It is much for the honour of Hierusalem Psal 122.5 that there are set Thrones of Judgement the Thrones of the house of David And it is the glory of Heaven Heb. 12.22 to be the Seat of the Eternal Majesty The City of the Living God The Residence Royal of the great King The Lord hath chosen Zion Psal 132.13 14. he hath desired it for his habitation This is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it This Citie shall have a name above every name and overtop the world with this Title Ezek. 48.35 Jehovah Shammah the Lord is there That 's the first priviledge the Seat 2. The Safety The securitie it affords its Denizons and Inhabitants which in this Citie are great and matchlesse for here is freedom From the Impositions of Sin the Oppositions of Satan the Assaults of Time and Violence 1. The Impositions of Sin For this Citie makes every inhabitant Sin-free It will disinslave him from the arbitrary power of commanding corruption and those lawlesse lusts which were wont to impose upon him are for ever kept out there the City gates are shut upon them Rev. 21.27 and there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth 2. The Oppositions of Satan a priviledge that never Citie yet had We of this Kingdom have cause to count this a priviledge indeed for we can remember how busie Satan was in our Cities at the beginning of the late Commotions what storms be raised among giddie and tempestuous people His manner was to transform into an Angel of light get into a Citie set up some Simon or other whom the bewitched people of that City cried up as the great Power of God Acts 8.9 10. And the plot took so effectually that we groan under the sad successe of it to this day But this Citie of the Text is fortified against Satan as Hierusalem sometime was against Senacherib with a Dicit Dominus 2 Kings 19.32 Rev. 12.7 8 9. Thus saith the Lord He shall not come into this Citie The Dragon fought and his Angels and prevailed not neither was their place found any more in Heaven He was cast out and he comes no more there The caelestial Paradise will admit no Serpent 3. The Assaults of Time and Violence Heb. 11.10 and therefore it is called a City having foundations as if other Cities had no foundations at least they are next to none such as Job

the revelation of Jesus Christ 3. Patience which can have no trial after this life It is a Grace which lives only in ill times Plin. It is the Bird that hatcheth in thunder When it comes to killing with the Sword Rev. 13.10 Rom. 5 ● here is the patience of the Saints Tribulation worketh patience and when tribulation worketh not patience is idle is not We cannot be patient in the day when we shall be impassible Be patient Brethren Jam. 5.7 unto the coming of the Lord till then longer you need not you cannot be When he comes he calls from work Rev. 22.12 and brings his reward with him When he comes he will cease both sin and suffering wipe away tears and bring in the times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3.19 Patience is in season whilst we can be in suffering we shall be past both together It is good company whilst we are in our way in our Countrey there 's neither room nor reason for it Heb. 12.1 2. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us when that 's done we ha' no further use of it with the author and finisher of our faith we shall sit down on the Throne of God Patience is the contemporary of our pilgrimage we part when we enter upon our eternity And they are the three Graces which this reversion of our estate renders active which is the first particular 2. It makes affection ardent Suspense sets an edge on the soul as fasting begets appetite It makes a thirst after the waters of life an hungring after the hidden Manna a very greediness of glory to Tantalize as it were over immortal joyes to have happiness in view and yet be held off from it this wings desire and sets the soul on longing Let David be a while excluded from earthly Zion guess then what the heavenly Zion will do and how earnestly doth he breath how passionately express his longings after it Psal 42.1 2. As the Hart hunted say some or as one worth all the rest Annot. in Ps the invaluable Doctor Hammond feeding in a dry and parched wilderness finding no water going about and making a mournful noise for it as this Hart panteth after the water Brooks so panteth my soul after thee O God My soul thirsteth for God for the living God when shall I come and appear before God It makes Affection ardent That 's a second 3. It renders Possession welcome The forty years traverse in the wildernesse sweetens the peace and plenty of Canaan and when we have staid a while in the Tents of Kedar we admire the more the Curtains of Solomon As it is with an Heir apparent to some fair Estate whereof the greatest part hath been in the hands of Longaevous Parents and some other parcels possibly have strayed out into tough and durable Joyntures he huggs and applauds himself that at length the mouth of his expectation is made up and the desired All is come into his hands with such with more than such with infinite more than such delight do poor pilgrim Saints enter upon the Inheritance in light Col. 1.12 and the respited glory of the other world And this is by some Divines conceived one thing wherein the bliss of men may be called more than that of Angels because Angels shall be where they were and their estate not improved except any will say that Christ was this of advantage to the Angels that he did confirm them when he redeemed us in which I determine nothing but men shall have the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness after a wet seeds time Psa 126.5 They that sow in tears comes a fair Harvest Phil. 3.21 shall reap in joy There shall be a change of their vile bodies that they may be fashioned like unto Christs glorious body 1 Cor. 15.53 Their corruptible shall put on incorruption and mortality shall be swallowed up of life And this is that will make heaven more heaven Heb. 11.9 because they sojourned as in a strange Countrey dwelling in Tabernacles with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob the heirs with them of the same Promise This is that will make the Tabernacles of the Lord of Hosts more amiable because the soul hath been kept at a distance and looked after them with longing This City will be more welcome when it comes because it is to come the last Reason of the deteinure of our estates We seek one to come Give me leave now but to shew you a piece of spiritual good husbandry to tell you how you may improve this Estate in Reversion and I shall pass from this particular Thank God for it Value your selves by it Live sutably to it 1. Be thankful for this estate It is a rich one The reserves of heavenly glory are infinitely more than all the enjoyments of the treasures of the earth Psa 31.19 The goodnesse laid up for one Saint is much more than the goodnesse laid out upon all the world Isa 17 14. God might have given you a portion with the men of the age or world in this life 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the Seventy two render it in this life of theirs and possibly you had better ha' been without it it will be more easie for you in the day of your accounts A confluence of outward things is not always a kindnesse Wo unto you that are rich Luk. 6 2● for you have received your consolation What a sad Recordare doth Abraham set upon the rich mans Recepisti in the Gospel Son Luk. 16.25 remember that thou in thy life time receivedst thy good things It is the very Emphasis of evil to have received all our good If in this life only we have hope in Christ 1 Cor. 15.19 we are of all men most miserable But God hath provided some better thing for us saith the Apostle sure something extraordinary it is that 's of Gods providing It is the invaluable advantage of a Believer that he hath his portion to receive when all the treasures of the Earth shall be exhausted that he shall enter upon his estate when all the inhabitants of the world shall turn out and be eternally dispossessed that he shall be on the taking hand when they ha' nothing to look for but those damnable debenturs of wrath and vengeance when all 's past and gone with others and they have not one atome of hopes left then 's his all to come We seek one to come Be thankful for this estate that 's the first improvement 2. Value your selves by this estate Account not what you are but what you shall be If you look as a Believer now Psa 68.13 Sionit aupud D. Hammond Ann. in loc you 'll find him it may be lying among the pots inter scobes as some give it from the Syriack among the broken pieces of Brick used to set the Pots on the