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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11059	The first booke of questions and answers vpon Genesis Containing those questions that are most eminent and pertinent, vpon the sixe first chapters of the same booke: collected out of ancient and recent writers; both briefly and subtilly propounded and expounded, by Alexander Rosse, of Aberdine, preacher at Saint Maries neere Southampton, and one of his Maiesites chaplaines.	Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.	1620 (1620)	STC 21325; ESTC S112086	52,680	137

and the filthy clensed If thou desirest light and perfection here is Vrim and Thummim if the sight of thy fins here is the golden candlesticke if thou wilt wash thy hands and feete here is the brazen lauer wilt thou bee purged from thy leprosie here is the riuer Iordan wilt thou floorish like a Bay tree thou must be planted by this riuer wilt thou bring forth much fruite thou must be sowne with this seed wilt thou sacrifice thy sins to God thou must kill them with this sword wilt thou go to the kingdome of heauen this is the only way here is the firy pillar and the cloud to conduct thee to Canaan and here is the Star that will leade thee to find out the Son of righteousn Iesus Christ that bright morning Starre with whom we shall shine in eternity of glory as Stars in the firmament In this word then must we conuerse both day and night not in curious searching and prodigious speculation but in serious weeping and religious adoration neither must our minds be oppressed with terrestriall and infernal occupations but they must be filled with celestiall and supernall meditations Therfore if we will profit here we must cast off all carnall affection that wee may receiue for our weary soules eternall refection for if no beast could touch the mountaine and heare Gods Law why should beastly minds touch the Bible and read Gods Law And in searching this Word let vs not in it search for riches and honour to our selues which is to seek for dirt amongst Iewels and poyson amongst medicaments to ouerthrow ourselues but let vs search for him who only is sufficient to content our soules within our bodies as hee was the only efficient to present our soules into our bodies Therfore we conclude with Augustine Scriptura creatura ad hoc sunt vt ipse quaeratur ipse diligatur qui ipsam creauit qui illam inspirauit The internall and eternall generation of the word was not knowne to the Gentiles but was obscured with an obscure fable of Minerua begotten of Iupiters braine by the which also they did signifie learned notions conceaued in the mind expressed by word or writ Then to be short right Honourable heere I doe offer to your tuition and fruition my Minerua not begotten of my braine but in my braine neither is she armed with a helmet aegis and a speare to terrifie Momus and therefore the more desirous shee is to shelter her self vnder the shaddow of your Honors patronage being perswaded that you are both a Patrone a patterne of learning the fruits whereof haue not only refreshed the hearts and eares of great Brittaine but with Dedalean wings they haue bin transported beyond the Ocean so that Rhodanus Betis and Rhenus haue seasoned their siluer streames with the delicious taste of your learned fruits Then what remaines quam vt ocior Icaro Visas gementis littora Bosphori Sirtesque Getulas canorus Ales Hypereborosque campos Moreouer your Honor being a Father and Patrone of iustice if any wrong be offered to her by Momus she may boldly fly to the Chancery for succor therefore I hope that as your Honor hath permitted your glorious titles to grace her Frontispice so you wil not refuse to beautifie her with your gracious aspect and respect That God which hath exalted you to so great dignities in this world preserue your body and soule and crowne you in the World to come with blessed Immortality Your Honors in all duty euer to command ALEXANDER ROSSE Ad illustrissimum Franciscum supremum Angliae Cancellarium Alexandri Rossaei Epigramma PAcis amans virtutis honos decor inclyte gentis Musarum docti gloria magna chori Auro Iuno beat te lauro Phoebus Apollo Linguâ Mercurius frontis honore Venus Frontis honor moritur florescit gloria linguae Aurea sceptra cadunt laurea serta manent Tu laurum praefers auro Venerique Süadam Plus tibi luce Themis plus tibi laude Charis Propterea aeternum tua fama vigebit in aevum Quod peritura fugis quod vigetura petis En tenues nostrae mittunt tibi dona Camoenae Non satis ampla tibi sint licet apta mihi Non Arabum messes non Indica munera mittunt Aut Nili varias luxuriantis opes Non pictas croco aut radiantes murice vestes Aut aurum rutilis quod vehit Hermus aquis Sed tibi chartaceum mittunt cum carmine donum Et sterilis noster qualia fundit ager Accipe propterea placido pia munera vultu Sinceri officij pignora certa mei Nostram si facilis respexeris inclyte Musam Te redeunte die te pereunte canam The Argument Q. VVHo wrote these bookes of Moses A. Himselfe proofe hee was the first that writ in the world Secondly The holy Ghost testifieth the same Exo. 24.4 Deu. 31.9 and Christ Iohn 1.45 and 5.46 Q. When wrote he this first Booke A. Before the Israelites went from Egypt Reas 1. Because then feeding his father-in-Father-in-lawes sheepe 40. yeeres in Madian he was most at leysure to write Rea. 2. To comfort the Hebrewes beeing oppressed with Egyptian seruitude for in this Booke they read the life and death of their Ancestours their courage patience vertue in affliction Gods promises to Abraham that after 400 yeares seruitude in Egypt they should be deliuered and inioy the land of Canaan Q. How came Moses to the knowledge of these things contained in this Booke A. Either by reuelation from God or by tradition of his Ancestors for the knowledge of these things Moses had from Iosephs children they of Ioseph he of Iacob Iacob of Isaac he of Abraham and he of Shem Shem of Noe he of Methusalem and he of Adam with whom he liued 243. yeeres Questions on the first Chapter Question WAs the world created or eternall A. Created 1. There can bee but one eternall 2. Almost all the Philosophers are against the eternity of the world 3. They that hold it eternall can bring no sound reason 4. The most ancient monuments or records amongst the heathen are not so old as the flood of Noah Q. Could God make more worlds then one A. Yes for he is almighty and hee made it not of any mater for that should haue bin exhausted but more he would not because hee being one delights in vnity Q. Why in Hebrew saith Moses Gods created ioyning the noune plurall with the verbe singular A. To signifie the mystery of the Trinitie one essence in three persons 2. It is the propertie of the Hebrew phrase Q. Why in the beginning of this booke speaketh Moses only of heauen and earth A. Because by the name of heauen he comprehends all celestiall bodies and by the name of earth the 4. elements for water is in the earth fire and aire as witnesse the springs exhalations or earthquakes and burning mountaines or hote waters Q. Did God create the earth moueable or not A. Immoueable Iob 38.