The Red Horse, Title page – Dedication
ΙΠΠΟΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΣ THE RED HORSE. OR THE Bloodines of War, Repreſented in a Sermon (To perſwade to PEACE) Preached at PAULS, July 16. 1648, at five of the clocke in the afternoone.
By Jo: Geree, M.A. and Paſtor of St Faiths under PAULS.
And now publiſhed to cleare the Preacher from Malignancy imputed to him by ſome left-eared Auditors.
Am I therefore become your enemy becauſe I tell you the truth, Gal. 4.16.
Oculis aegris odioſa eſt lux, quae puris eſt amabilis. Auguſt.
LONDON, Printed for George Latham, and are to be ſold at his Shop at the Signe of the Biſhops-head in St. Pauls Church-yard 1648.
To the Worſhipfull, the Maſter, the Wardens, the Aſsiſtants, and the reſt of the worthy Company of Stationers, Grace, and Peace.
Gentlemen,
BEing put upon it to Print this Sermon (as you may ſee in the Appendix thereof) I began to caſt in my mind to find out, according to the cuſtome, ſome fit Perſon to whom I might dedicate it: And remembring a curteſie lately done (at my motion) by your Company, I reſolved to teſtifie my reſpect, and thankfulneſſe for that deſerving act, by this uſuall expreſsion of gratitude. The Society of that famous and uſefull Colledge at Dublin being like to be diſolved for want of bread, to the great prejudice of Religion, and griefe of the truly religious; I was entreated by one of the * The Right Reverend Dr Ʋſher. A. A.prime ornaments of that Society to endeavour to promote ſome Charitable contribution, for ſome ſmall ſupport to keepe that Society together till this Nation might be in a circumſtance to make ſuch proviſion for it as ſuch a worke did require; In which good worke while I was acting, I was by a Citizen (a great lover of Learning) directed to make my addreſſe to the Companies of London, as the likelieſt way to get ſome ſpeedy, and conſiderable ſupply: which advice of his I preſently began to put in prastice, in procuring the Maſter of your company (wherein I had moſt acquaintance and intereſt) to move this charitable worke with you, which he did with that ſucceſſe, that he obtained ſudainly a conſiderable gratuity (the low ebbe of your Company at that time being weighed) towards it, your Society concluding that it was ſuteable to them to go before others in the reliefe of a Colledge, rather than expect others to be precedents to them. To expreſſe my ſence of your worth in this freeneſſe, and forwardneſſe, in ſo choiſe an Act of Charity, I have preſumed on this Dedication: And I was yet further incited to this, by the intent of Printing this Sermon, for it is a vindication of my innocency againſt ungrounded Calumny; and in whoſe opinion ſhould I rather deſire to ſtand right than in yours? To a conſiderable part of whom God hath made me Paſtor, and Preacher to you all, the peculiar Sermons to your Company being to be Preached by me ſo long as providence continues my intereſt in the Church of St. Faiths, where they are to be Preached; And Sermons find acceptance much according to the eſteeme of the Preacher, on their acceptance depend their efficacy, and therefore it behoved me, that no ſiniſter conceit of me ſhould by any meanes be bred and reſt in your breaſts; So hoping that this office of love will neither be ſtrange, nor unwelcome, with my Prayers for you, I take my leave, and remaine
From my Study in Ivy Lane, Auguſt 3. 1648. Your ingaged Friend and Servant in the Lords worke, JOHN GEREE.