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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

then have some other help Yes Give her of the fruit of her hands Let every one give her that praise honour and blessing which she deserves by reason of her vertues Minister and People every one owes their contribution here 's a warrant for any for all to praise her So that I care not much if there chance to be here any of that sower and sullen generation that are against all order and decency both to the living and to the dead And now methinks I am much-what in the case of Elihu En venter meus quasi mustum absque spiraculo Job 32.18 19. As Wine which hath no vent For I am full of matter and the spirit within me constraineth me And I will follow his course I will speak that I may breath Wee 'll begin if you please at her beginning her extraction and original She and it were mutually credits to one another She was none of those Ladies of the late edition those false printed pieces for whom the just God hath now provided a Deleatur Psal 109.13 In the generation following let their name be blotted out She was descended saith our Antiquary and Oracle from the Barons of Malpas Camd. Brit. in Cheshire and that 's as high and far as we can with any certainty trace the footsteps of honour which I would not name if her personal worth had not been answerable her graces were the more resplendent for it as a Jewel set in Gold is more rich and orient than when it is unpolish'd and in its native dirt Nec census in illa Nobilitate sua major Ovid. Met. l. 9. sed vita fidesque Inculpata fuit If we look at her personal excellencies they were many and rare I shall speak of them first and then of her relative merits Her out-side presents it self first to view and that was ever decent and suiting her degree not light and vain the too familiar folly of that sex who by their garb might go for Adventures in some such Ship as that of Solomons 1 K. 10.22 that brought Apes and Peacocks She was none of those Ladies the Father chides Bern. Quae fulgent monilibus sordent moribus whose Jewels were rich and Manners rusty Pet. 3.3 Her adorning was after Saint Peters dresse not that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That outward of plating the hair and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel but the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price Her countenance was grave and sober and serene too Ovid. She was Pollens Matrona in the Poets phrase a Lady of an authoritative aspect a Correctoress of sin in her very looks insomuch that those whom neither Law nor Conscience could oblige to a regular composure elsewhere studied a deportment and durst not trust their demeanour without a watch and guard in her presence Her carriage affable free curteous and yet so exact she left no place to fasten an accusation upon her even by the most critical Animadvertors upon lives and actions Her wit quick and sharp but such an allay of humility withal that it never made any sallies to the prejudice of her judgement and prudence Her discourse pregnant proper significative unaffected The tongue that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as St. James calls it Jam. 3.8 so unruly in others was by her well commanded Like that good woman in the Proverbs Ch. 31.26 She opened her mouth in wisdom and in her tongue was the Law of kindness She opened it in wisdom she did not open it at randome and continually but duely shut it and discreetly opened it Her speech pass'd Davids Watch Psa 141 3. which stood at the door of her lips and shew'd Saint Pauls seasoning Col 4.6 had abundance of salt salt of wit and salt of grace This captiv'd her Auditors whilst they were with her and seldom sent them from her without wonder Nec vox hominem sonat O Dea certe She was another Abigail for her wisdom another Sybil indeed for she did Rem nominis implere so make good her name that for ought I know she may make good her place too among those celebrated Prophetesses whose fame hath fill'd the world Her knowledge so general so divine that she might seem born to justifie the probability of that strange Convention Anno 694. Sr. H. Spelm. Counc p. 190. under Withred King of Kent and Bertuald Arch-bishop of Britain or Canterbury where Women sate in Council and subscribed transactions Ecclesiastical This all this more than this she was in her self Let us now view her in her References 1. To God before whom she walked and with whom she now is in glory Him she loved feared served which is more for her honour comfort and advantage than all those accomplishments of flesh and blood which might gain her a name on earth but never provide her a place in heaven And to this I shall bring in two sufficient witnesses 1. Her private Devotions which were due and constant thinking no day well spent wherein she did not send to Heaven and exchange prayers for mercies with him whom her soul loved And for her furtherance and advantage in this duty she was wont to cut her self out work by keeping Catalogues of her sins that none might escape her confession when she came to prostrate her soul before the all-seeing Eye I have seen but very lately I wish I had seen them sooner you might have had a better account of them some papers under her own hand wherein she had written what sins she desired might be blotted out what mercies were seasonable to beg for her self her Relations the Church the Kingdome And herein she dealt faithfully would not wink at small faults in her self Book'd her very failings and Item'd the least infirmity which doubtless will make the way easie and happy for passing her last accounts Apocal. 20.12 and clearing her in that day when the Books shall be opened And for these prayers of hers many fared better and may do now she is gone her self her family her friends may I not say the whole Kingdome Have we not cause to think that the contributions of her prayers among many others helped not a little to bring His most Excellent Majesty in upon those just and honourable grounds which we look at not without joy and astonishment this day Exod. 17.11 The hands of Moses lifted up on the Mount gave Amalek the rout when the Arms of all Israel in the valley were of no force 2. Her zeal to the House of Prayer which like that of David Psa 69.9 had eaten her up whilst the zeal of others had almost eaten up those houses She had a large share in that promise Isa 56.7 I will make them joyful in my House of Prayer She did not forsake the assembly as

the end of that man and woman is peace When the dayes drew near that she must dye Gen. 47.29 she fell sick by proxy of the Small Pox Madam K. Egerton in a young Lady of her Relation such was her tendernesse of her And knowing how fatal that disease had been to many of her flesh and blood she entertains it as coming on the same errand with Hezekiahs messenger 2 K. 20.1 Set thine house in order for thou shalt dye and not live A little warning serves a Tenant that 's provided for a remove She 's now all upon flitting breaths after her change Psa 55.6 O that I had wings like a Dove for then would I flye away and be at rest Hereupon she makes her Will disposeth of her Estate that she might have no weights upon her soul ready to take its flight nothing to incumber her thoughts or stand betwixt her and her desired happiness but wholly and freely intend her expedition for another world Which done her hand will tell you where her heart was for thus she subscribes that Testament of hers Psa 116.7 And now return to thy rest O my soul God finding her thus prepared for himself sends another messenger for her not the Pox which she loved not and upon some account feared but a Quartane Ague a messenger not so ugly but as sharp as the other This after several assaults began to prevail upon her and insult over her insomuch that she saw with Peter I must shortly put off my Tabernacle 2 Pet. 1.14 and said with Hezekiah In the cutting off of my dayes Isa 38.10 I shall go to the gates of the grave I am deprived of the residue of my years Being now to go through the valley of the shadow of death she sought a staffe of comfort to support her in the way and some few dayes before received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper and that with so much fervency and holy appetite so eating the flesh of the Son of man and so drinking his blood as gave good evidence she hath eternal life Joh. 6.54 and that he will raise her up at the last day And one thing I may not omit without injury to her that notwithstanding her weakness she would not receive it any wayes but kneeling in detestation of that slovenly Elephant Devotion of our dayes and in obedience to the Orders of the Church and chiefly in testimony of that great humility of soul with which she desired to worship and fall down before the Lord her Maker And this was the last Manna she ate on this side Jordan The day before she dyed I came to visit her and found the time of her departure was at hand She then desired me to pray with her and to absolve her according to the use of the Church of England which accordingly I did and however some living Sectaries set light by it yet I am sure she and other dying Saints have found no little comfort in it in the hour of their extremity This I am sure was the practice of the Church long enough before Presbytery as we now use the word was either made or thought on And Fanatick is no new word it was used as a term fitting men of contrary opinions many years since Apud Marlor p. 602. c. 2. by Musculus Fanaticos autem homines sciamus dum hanc legationem spernunt Calv. Instit l. 4. Cap. 4. Sect. 12. Christi sanguinem pedibus calcare And if Mr. Calvin be not worn out of credit with these men they may see him very earnest in asserting the expediency of this delegation to the Ministers of the Gospel Job 20.23 And undoubtedly that Commission Whose sins ye remit they are remitted unto them being the first words that our Saviour spoke to the Disciples all together after his resurrection and upon the very day of it coming from his breath as soon as it was immortal as the Fathers observe carries some notable import of power along with it was not to dye with the Apostles and terminate in their persons but derives this power of the Keys to infinite succession and is to be a standing Ordinance in the Church of God to the end of the world I beg pardon for this digression the petulancy of these times hath forced it from me Give me leave now to tell you of one passage very remarkable in her I have already spoke of it little thinking it would fall to my lot to tell it here when I had read the Versicle appointed in the visitation of the sick O Lord save thy Servant and some rehearsed the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Which putteth her trust in thee She started up with much earnestness hands and eyes and heart and all lift up and added I and my whole confidence Lord as if she apprehended Trust too low to speak the height of her soul now sublimated and ready to go to the God of the spirits of all flesh In this height of well-grounded confidence I left her full of the comforts of God fit for the Convoy of Angels in the Confines of that glory she had so long breathed after in in the Suburbs of that City she had so earnestly sought and immediately entered Rev. 21.23 which the glory of God lightens and the Lamb is the light thereof God had given her her hearts desire to see what she had often begg'd to see though with a nunc dimittis in her mouth our rejected almost abjured King recalled with honour and without blood coming home in triumph upon the wings of his peoples prayers and votes our divided almost devoured Church restored to some hopeful degrees of peace and soundness our broken almost ruined Nation put into somerepairs and well on the way towards tranquility and plenty Psa 128.6 she saw his childrens children whom love made her own and peace upon Israel and there being nothing on Earth to be seen after these she 's gone to Heaven to see the complement of all sights the blessed face of God and take possession of that City we are still seeking after We seek one to come FINIS