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A11058	An exposition on the fourteene first chapters of Genesis, by way of question and answere Collected out of ancient and recent writers: both briefely and subtilly propounded and expounded. By Abraham [sic] Rosse of Aberden, preacher at St. Maries neere South-Hampton, and one of his Maiesties chaplaines.	Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.; Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654. First booke of questions and answers upon Genesis. aut; Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654. Second booke of questions and answers upon Genesis. aut	1626 (1626)	STC 21324; ESTC S116181	141,572	354

their force and former goodnesse Q. Should the wilde bedstes such as Lyons haue fed on flesh before the Fall as they doe now A. No but on the hearbs only first because heere is no flesh mentioned but onely hearbs secondly if it had beene permitted to them to eate flesh before the Floud then those rauening beasts that were in the Arke should haue eate flesh but in the Arke there was no flesh for them therefore they did feed on the hearbs Q. How comes it now that these kinde of beasts doe not feed on hearbs now but on flesh A. Because the earth doth not yeeld such comfortable and nourishing hearbs as then secondly the temperature of the creature is not so sound now as it was before the Floud Q. How is it vnderstood that all which God made was very good A. All things were good first in respect of their substance which is vnchangeable secondly in respect of their perfect estate they were created in thirdly in respect of their accidents or properties fourthly because of their operations which brought forth perfect effects Q. Why did not God see that all things were very good till man was created A. Because man is the eud of all the creatures secondly in him as in a little world ●…n to be seene all the creatures thirdly becaus●… Christ who is essentiall goodnesse was to sanctifie the nature of man in taking vpon him his flesh Questions on the second Chapter Q. DId God create the world at the sa●… instant or in the space of sixe dayes A. In the space of sixe dayes first because Moses narration is historicall and therefore he speaketh of sixe distinct dayes secondly Moses Exodus 20. and 31. vrgeth the Iewes to worke sixe dayes and rest the seuenth because God created the world in sixe dayes and rested the seuenth this reason had beene ridiculous if GOD had made the world in an instant thirdly if we vnderstand Moses in this place allegorically then wee must make this whole historie an allegorie fourthly if the seuenth day had beene the first and in it God had created the world then how is it vnderstood that God rested the seuenth day fiftly how could so many diuers kindes of creatures bee created in the same instant of time yea then we must say that man was created and brought into Paradise and was cast asleepe and E●…ah was formed of his rib the same instant Q. How then is that vnderstood Ecclesiast 18. He that liueth for euer created all things together A. It is to be vnderstood of that confused masse that God created in the beginning out of the which afterward hee created the rest of the creatures in their distinct dayes Q. Why did God spend so much time in making the world A. Not because he was weake and could not make it in lesse time but that we might the more seriously consider the order of the creation distinction and replenishing of the world and in these the omnipotencie wisedome and goodnesse of God Q. Did God make the world of necessitie or of his owne accord A. Of his owne free will because he made it at that time and manner he thought fittest secondly because he in creating wrought otherwise than the course of Nature doth for he made the heauens without light then made light first imperfect afterward perfect and he made the hearbs before the Sunne Q. Can it be gathered from hence that as God created the world in sixe dayes and rested the seuenth so likewise the world shall continue si●… ages or sixe thousand yeares and after shall be 〈◊〉 perpetuall Sabbath A. No for this computation is but a coniecture or fixion of Elias not the Prophet but the Rabbin hauing no ground Secondly 〈◊〉 this were true we should know how long the world should continue and fully know the time of Christs comming which cannot bee for his comming shal be as a theefe in the night as Lightning his comming shall bee a●… the comming of the flood of this houre knoweth no man not the Angels the Father hath put in his owne power the times and seasons Q. Were the Angels created or are they eternall A. Created Psal. 149. Reuel 4 10. Col●…s 1. The Church confesseth the Fathers confirme and generall Councells establish this point Secondly onely God is eternall Thirdly They are parts of the world therefore created Q. Are the Angels reall substances or onely good and bad motions in the minde as thought the Sadduces A. They are indiuiduall substances First Their names doe shew this for they are called Messengers Watchmen c. Secondly their actions and operations which onely belong to personall substances for they serue God come to vs comfort vs gather together the Elect an Angell wrestled with Iaacob conferred with Abraham they were receiued by Lot c. Angels declared Christs Natiuity to the shepheards his Resurrection to the women Thirdly some of them stood some fell therefore substances Fourthly wee shall bee like them Ergo they are not bare motions Q. What is meant here by the Host of Heauen and earth A By those of Heauen is meant the Angels for they are called the heauenly host Luke 2. also the Stars Esay 34. Therefore the Stars in their courses fought against Sisera Iudges 5. By the host of Earth is meant all the earthly creatures therefore God is called the Lord of hostes Q. Were the Angels created before this visible world A. No because God created all things in the beginning ergo Angels and not before or else this had beene no beginning Secondly They were created for the vse of man but man was not before the beginning ergo nor Angels Q. Were they created after the sixe dayes A. No for God rested from all his worke the seuenth day Q Then what day were they created A. The first that they might bee the beholders and admirers of Gods power and wisdome in creating the World Secondly They are called Angels of Heauen in Scripture not onely because they inhabit but also because they were created with the heauen the first day Thirdly this is manifest in Iob 38. where it is sayd that the Sonnes of God that is the Angels did sing and showte when God laid the foundations of the earth Q. Where were they created A. In Heauen for some of them fell from thence And Christ saw Satan like Lightning fall from Heauen therefore they are called the Host and Angels of Heauen Q. Why doth not Moses speake distinctly of the creation of An●…els A. Because hee did accomodate himselfe to the rude capacitie of the Iewes therefore hee doth onely speake here of the creation of visible creatures Q. What is meant by Gods rest on the Sabbath day was he wearie A. No but by his rest is vnderstood his desisting and ceasing to make other creatures Q. Did God rest from all his workes A. Yes of creation but not of preseruation for yet the Father worketh with the Son Iohn 5. Q. Did God create no

in Trinity the word essentiall of the Father by whom the world was created Q. Why was the light first created A. To beautifie all the rest of the creatures 2. The world was created in 6. daies which could not bee distinguished without the light and darkenesse Q. Was this light spirituall such as God is sayd to inhabit as Christ is called the light of the world and the Apostles light the regenerate light A. No but corporall and sensible first the darknesse that went before was sensible ergo light 2. By this light the 3. dayes were distinguished before the creation of the Sun but they were sensible 3. This Narration of Moses is historicall not allegoricall Q. Then what light was this A. Not the light of the elementall fire nor of a light cloud nor of water but of the Sun which was the first day diffused through the whole hemisphere the 4. was collected into the globe of the Sun wee see The 1. day this light had but one common property to illuminate the 4. it had particular vertues to bring out particular effects 3. The light the 4. day began to be cause of generation and corruption the measure of time the cause of increase and decrease in the Moone Q. How did this light before the 4. day distinguish the day from night A. In moouing from cast to west and from west to east by the motion of the 1 sphere Q. In what place of heauen was the light ●…reated A. In the East for this light returning to this same point of the east from which it went made a naturall day Q. When was heauen and earth created A. Before the first day in respect of their substance and matter but in the sixe dayes in respect of their forme and perfection Q. What is meant by the firmament that separateth the waters from the waters A. The ayre and starry heauens with all the spheres betweene which do seperate the watry clouds from these waters below but properly the lower region of the aire doth separate these waters which are generated in the single region from the waters below which low region is called by the name of the whole firmament Q. What are these waters aboue the firmament A. Not Angels as Origon not waters properly so called aboue the stars as Basil would haue for their naturall place is below and there is no vse of them aboue the starres neither the heauen called the Christalline which hath neither the substance similitude or qualities of water but by these waters wee vnderstand the watery clouds aboue this lower region in the aire These waters in other places are sayd to be aboue the heauens that is aboue the aire which in Scripture is called heauen Q. How made God drie land to appeare A. By causing the earth which before was plaine to swell with mountaines 2. By the waters which before were spred ouer the whole earth to betake themselues to one place Q. Then were there mountaines before the flood A. Yes for the flood rose 15. cubits higher then the mountaines the mountaines are called eternall Psa. 76. Wisedome is ancienter then the mountaines Pro. 8. They make the earth the comelier more fruitfull more commodious for man and beast they hold out the seas from ouer-flowing the earth out of them springs and Riuers proceed they defend the Valleys from the raging of the windes that without them the earth could not be before the flood Q. Is the earth or seas highest A. The earth for all riuers run into the seas naturally because they flowe downewards 2. Men are said to go downe into the seas in ships Psal. 107. Againe if the seas were higher ships should sayle swifter to the land then from it 4. The farther we were in the sea we should see the land the better Ob. But Psal. 104. and 33. it seemes that the waters are higher then the earth A. In Psal. 104. Dauid speakes of the springs that are generated in the mountaines or of the watery clouds that couer the hills in Psa. 33. Dauid speakes of the miraculous standing of the red sea Q. Were briers thornes and poysonable hearbes created before mans fall A. Yes because these are parts of this world without which it is not perfect and although poysonable hearbs are not fit for meate they are good for physicke Q In what time of the yere was the world created A. In the Autumne because the Iewes before they departed from Egipt began their yeere in Autumne and also before the flood for the flood began in the second moneth that is about the month of Nouember 2. The Iewes Exod. 23. are commanded to keepe the feasts of Tabernacles in the end of the yeere that is in Autumne when fruits are ripe and also this same feast in the beginning of the yeere Chap. 35. nature also shews that Autumne is the end of the yeere by the maturity of the fruit and falling of the leaues from the trees It is also the beginning of the yeere as the young seeds budding out of the earth doe testifie Lastly in the creation the fruits of the trees were ripe and ready to be eaten Q. Were the starres created the fourth day A. Yes in respect of their light motions and operations but they were made the 1. day in respect of their substance for they are the thicker part of the spheres Q. Why were the stars created after the planets A. Because God will shew his power which in producing of plants doth not depend on the starres 2. To keepe the people from Idolatrie whom he knew would be bent to worship the starres when they consider their beauty motion and operation in producing hearbes now they are inexcusable because this vertue they haue in producing hearbs is from God who in the beginning did create hearbes and plants without the helpe of starres Q. Did God create the Moone in the Full or in the Change A. In the Full because God created his workes in perfection now the moone is perfitest in the Full. 2. Shee was ordained to illuminate the night which she doth most perfecty in the Full. Q. Haue the starres their light wholly from the Sunne A. No because they haue different effects therefore different light 2. There is one glory of the Sun and another of the Moone and another of the starres 1 Cor. 15. Q. Why are the Sunne and Moone called great lights A. Not in respect of quantitie for some starres are greater but because they appeare to be greater 2. In respect of their light which is greater then the light of other starres Q. Of what figure is the heauen A. Round for this figure is most apt for motion 2. The Scripture witnesseth the same Eccl. 1 Q. How many heauens are there A. The Philosophers speake of ten heauens the Scriptures only of three to the which the former ten may be reduced Q. Shall the heauens be abolished in the day of Iudgement A. Not in respect of their substance which is

because in consulting with them wee derogate from Gods glory and honour them in thinking that they can fore-tell all things which is proper only to God 2. If it be vnlawfull to conuerse with an excommunicate person much lesse should wee haue commerce with Satan who is excommunicated from heauen to the place of darkenesse and is the pernicious enemy of God and man Q. Whether are the beasts or fishes perfectest A. The beastes because they haue more perfect senses beget more perfect blood in our bodies than fishes haue more commerce with men and are docible in many things fishes are not Q. Why then were they created before the beastes A. As nature begins at that which is most imperfect in generation so God in the creation did keepe this course for man the little world and pattetne of all the creatures was not created till the sixth day 2. God keepeth that course in the 3. last dayes which hee did in the 3 first in the first he created heauen and in the 4. did replenish it with starres the 2. hee made he seas the 5. replenished it with liuin●…g creatures Q. Why speaketh Moses of the creation of some particular fishes and not of trees and beasts A. Because these fishes are greater then any earthly creatures therefore wee should the more extoll Gods glory in considering them Q. How doe the waters bring forth the fishes A. The waters are not the efficient cause of the fishes but the materiall yet but in part for fishes are compounded of the foure elements notwithstanding the waters are the predominant matter of the fishes not in respect of their substance for that is earth but in respect of qualitie moist and cold Secondly the temperature of the fishes are waterish Thirdly Water is the place of habitation generation and conseruation for the fishes Q. Why were the birds created the fift day with the fishes and not the sixth A. Because they were created of the water as the fishes Secondly because of the great resemblance betweene the birds and fishes both in respect of their place water and aire for both these elements are perspicuous humid moueable and easie to be changed one into the other Secondly In respect of their bodies for both are light and swift the finnes of the fishes answer to the birds wings and their scales to birds feathers they both want eares paps milke bladder Thirdly Many kindes of birds dwell in the waters as the Sea-meawes Swans c. Fourthly their mouing is alike for as the fishes swim so the birds flie Fiftly They both vse their tayle to guide their flying and swimming Q. Were the Birds created of the Water A. Yes but not of the thickest of the water but rather of a watery vapour betweene water and aire therefore the Birds conuerse in the water and aire Q. But it seemes the birds were created of the earth the sixt day by these words of the 2. chapter And the Lord hauing formed out of the ground euery beast of the field and euery bird of the aire brought them to Adam A. If God had created them the sixt day of the ground Moses had not spoken of them the fift day Secondly in these words alleaged the coniunction and hath no reference to the word ground as though both had beene formed of the ground but to the word formed so the meaning is that not only the beasts that were formed of the ground but the Birds also which God had created were brought to Adam Q. How doth the earth bring forth liuing creatures A. Not actiuely but passiuely for the earth is not the efficient but the materiall cause of earthly creatures Q. What difference is there betweene the beast cattell and creeping thing verse 25. A. By behemah in Hebrew is vnderstood the great beasts as Iob 40. 15. By chaiah the wilde beasts in whom there is seen most liuellnesse by remesh creeping things such as haue no feet at all as Serpents and they that haue short and little feet as Ants. Q. Why did not God blesse the earthly creatures as he did the fishes A. Moses did omit this for breuities sake Secondly the blessing of the fishes doth belong also to the beasts Thirdly man is blessed and in him the beasts as when hee was cursed the earth was also Gen. 3. And when he was punished the beasts were punished also Genesis Q. Why was man particularly blessed A. Not only for multiplication but also because of the elect And thirdly because mans copulation is oftentimes sinfull and inordinate Q. Did God create in the beginning imperfect creatures as Bees Waspes and such like A. Hee did not create them actually as hee did the perfect creatures but hee created them in their causes as hee gaue that faculty to the fiesh of an horse to beget Waspes being dead Q. Were Mules now created or not A. They were not First because they were found out by Anah Genes 36. Secondly they are barren but God created all creatures with his blessing to be fruitfull c. Genes 1. Thirdly this kinde of procreation is against nature but God created euery thing according to his kinde Genes 1. Fourthly this is against his owne law Leuit. 19. Q. Why was man and the cattell created in the same day A. First Because they both dwell in the earth Secondly The earthly creatures are more familiar with man then others Thirdly they are more profitable to man then other creatures Fourthly They are most like to man of all other creatures Q. How doth Gods goodnesse and wisedome appeare in the creatures A. Many wayes First In the variety of so many thousand diuers kindes of creatures Secondly In the comely order that is seene amongst them Thirdly in that all things that serue for the perfection of the world is in the world nothing can bee added or impayred Fourthly In the sympathy and concord that is amongst some and the discord and hatred that is amongst others of the creatures Fiftly In the pulchritude and comelinesse that is in euery creature as may be seene in the body of man Sixtly In the admirable gouernment and administration of the world in the which there is nothing so euill whether it be naturall euill as the defects of nature or voluntary euill such as is the euill of punishment and of sin but all serues for the glory of God and the perfection of this Vniuerse Q. How is the power of God seene in the world A. First By creating it of nothing Secondly By sustaining it with his power Heb. 1. Thirdly By working many things miraculously aboue the course of nature in which we see that God doth not worke of necessity Fourthly He is not tyed to the second causes Q. Could God haue made the world better then it is A. Yes for his power is not limited therefore he might haue made it sooner then he did and larger and fuller of Creatures Q. Why was man the last of all the creatures created A. Because God would

other creatures since the Creation A. No for whatsoeuer seomes to bee created since it was created before either in the matter thereof as Wormes Flies Bees and such like or else in that God gaue faculty to some creatures of diuers kindes to produce a third kinde as Mules of the Horse and Asse power he gaue to the Starres to produce some creatures of putrified matter yet some creatures he doth still produce either by generation as all particular men and other creatures that are generated or by creation either ordinary as the soules of men or extraordinary as the Starre that appeared to the Wise men and the Doue that descended on Christ so then God rested from creating new kindes of creatures but not from producing the indiuiduall creatures of those kindes that were made in the Beginning Q. Why is it said here that God ended his worke the seuenth day seeing they were ended the sixth day A. The creatures were perfected the sixth day in respect of their substance qualities and properties but in respect of their operation they were not perfected till the seuenth day for they did not begin to produce effects till after the sixth day and seeing operation is the end of the forme they were not fully perfected till they began to worke Q. How doe you vnderstand that God sanctified the Sa●…bath A. In that hee separated it from the other dayes and consecrated it for holy vses hee would haue this to bee a Day of rest and wherein we might wholly addict our selues for his seruice Q. Did God inioyne Adam to keepe this day holy A. No but this was afterwards commanded by Moses for in that happy ●…state it had not beene needfull to appoint one day for Gods seruice seeing euery day should haue beene a day of rest and Sabbath for Adam to meditate on Gods workes Secondly it was not needfull for man then to rest from seruill worket because in that happinesse mans labour should not haue beene wearisome Thirdly we reade of no commandement that was giuen to Adam but only one concerning not eating the ●…orbidden fruite Fourthly if this law had beene giuen to Adam it should haue tied all his posterity to the obseruation thereof but wee doe not reade that any one of the Fathers before Moses did obserue the Sabbath Fiftly if the Sabbath had beene kept by the Fathers Moses would haue mentioned the same as a strong argument to perswade the Iewes to kee●…e it Sixtly the soundest of the Fathers are of this opinion Q. What is meant here by she day wherein God made the heauen and the earth A. By the day is meant the whole 6. daies so often in the Scriptures day signifieth time as the day of saluation the day of Iudgement Q. What is meant by a mist that watered the earth A. Not a fountaine but a vapour which is the matter of raine Q. What is me●…nt by this that God made man of the dust of the earth A. By man is vnderstood his body by dust the matter of his body to put vs in minde of humility and of this bodies frailtie by earth is vnderstood the 4 elements for man is perfectly composed of all but ea●…th is only expressed because in mans body there is more earth then any other element Secondly when man dies his body is desolued into earth Thirdly he liues vpon the earth Fourthly he taketh his clothes and food from the earth Q. Why was not the body of man rather made of heauenly then earthly substance seeing the soule is so excellent A. Because the soule of man did require such a body as was capable of senses by the which as by instruments shee might worke in the body but the celestiall bodies are not capable of senses for they are not capable of the first qualities Q. Wherein doth the body of man exceed the bodies of other creatures A. First in that the body of man is made straight that he may behold heauen his country that his senses might vse their function the better his hands might bee imployed in working not in walking Secondly in that his senses are more perfect then of other creatures not in the quicker apprehension of the sensible obiect for other creatures haue perfecter senses in this regard but that man can discerne more perfecter by his senses the differences of obiects than other creatures Thirdly in that mans body is more perfectly compounded of the 4. elements then other bodies for the bodies of the creatures are more earthly or more waterish Q. Of what age created God Adam and Eua A. In the prime and flowre of their age First because God created all things in their perfect estate Secondly because God commanded them to increase and multiply which they could not haue done if they had not bin created of a ripe age Q. Whether was the body or the soule of man created first A. The body for God did keepe the same course in mans creation which nature doth now in mans generation for first the body is formed in the mothers wombe and then the soule is infused Q. Why is the creation of mans soule called a breathing A. First to shew vs that the soule was not taken out of the power of the matter but was created of nothing and infused in the body Secondly to teach vs Gods power who did as easily create the soule as man doth breathe Thirdly to shew the excellencie of mans soule which seemeth as it were the breath of Gods owne mouth Q. Is the soule of man of the essence of God A. No if it were it should be either a part thereof or the whole it is not a part for Gods essence cannot be deuided in parts neither is it the whole for then all men should bee but one soule Secondly if mans soule were a part of Gods essence then a part of Gods essence should be sinfull and subiect to the wrath of God and paines of hell Q. Why did God breathe the soule rather in the face then in any other part of man A. Because in the face are all the senses which are the organs of the soule Q. Why in the nosthrils rather then in any other part of the face A. To teach vs that hee is the only author of our breathing secondly to shew the weaknesse of our life which dependeth from the nosthrils thirdly because the nose is the most commodious instrument of breathing by which the soule is kept in the body Q. Did God create one soule in man or three A. Only one first because one body can haue but one essentiall forme secondly the power of growing feeling and reasoning are not three soules but three faculties of one soule thirdly the Scripture neuer speakes but of one soule Q. Were the soules of men created long before the body as thought Plato and Origines A. No for God created all things perfect but the soule of man being a part of man without the body could not bee perfect secondly now in

diuine how he spake yet this we know that he being eternall and incomprehensible did speake after an eternall and incomprehensible manner Q. To what end did God come downe A. To confound their language for this was a speedy way to ouerthrow their building which he might haue done other waies but this way he thought fittest both because it was a means to disperse them abroad as also in that hee would haue this diuersitie of speech to be a testimony to all ages of their intolerable pride And this confusion of tongues did take away that vnion which was amongst men and hath beene the cause of hatred and contempt amongst nations Therefore when wee cannot vnderstand one another let vs call to minde the pride of these builders for whose sinne God hath laid this great labour on the sonnes of men Q. Were their tongues so diuided that euery man who was there did speake a particular language A. No for so there had beene no society amongst men if none could haue vnderstood anothers speech and so the world could not haue beene replenished with people but it is probable according to the opinion of the Ancients that their tongues were diuided according to the number of the families so that euery family spake a language which those that were of another family could not vnderstand Now this confusion of speech is the third vniuersall punishment with which he doth correct the world for the first was mortality denounced against Adam and his posteritie the second was an vniuersall flood and this an vniuersall confusion of tongues and that diuision of tongues is a great iudgement we may see in the 55. Psal. 10. where Dauid doth wish it against his enemies Q. What relation is there betweene this diuision of tongues and that which was visibly done vpon the Apostles A. This diuision was the punishment of pride but that of the Apostles was the reward of their humility secondly as this diuision was a meanes to disperse men abroad and fill the world with inhabitants so that diuision was a meanes to disperse the Apostles abroad and fill the Church with Christians thirdly in this diuision one speech was diuided amongst many men but in that diuision many speeches were vnited in the mouth of one man fourthly by this diuision the people were separated into diuers regions by that diuision the people were ●…nited into one Church fifthly in this diuision God comes downe in his wrath to punish these builders but in that diuision the holy Ghost comes downe in mercy to comfort the Apostles Q. What did follow vpon this diuision of tongues A. They were scattered abroad vpon the face of all the earth so then the euill is brought on them which they sought to preuent for that which the wicked feareth shall come vpon him Prou. 10. 24. Againe as God came downe and dissolued this wicked communion so Magistrates and Ministers must destroy the workes of the Diuell and although they leaue off from building their Citie yet about an 100. yeeres after it was repaired and amplified by Semiramis Q. Why was this tower called Babel A. It is so called not from Belus but from Balal that is confusion and this name God gaue it to be a perpetual monument of their wicked attempt and because this name of Babel or confusion hath beene euer hatefull let vs in all our actions shunne it but especially let the Church be free from it and let all things there be done with order and decencie Againe let vs feare and tremble to attempt any thing against the God of heauen for he is not farre from euery one of vs he that planted the eare shall he not heare He that formed the eye shall he not see Psal. 94. Truly the Lord looketh from heauen he beholdeth all the sonnes of men he considereth all their workes Psal. 33. Yea hee knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanitie Psal. 94. Therefore as he came downe now to punish these builders so he will come one day but with the sound of the trumpet and the Angels of heauen there shall he render to euery man according to his workes Q. Why are the generations of Sem set downe here A. As in the fifth chapter of this booke Moses rehearseth ten Patriarckes from Adam to Noah so in this he reckoneth tenne from S●…m to Abraham First to let vs see that euen in these most corrupted times God hath his Church although but small therefore we neede not doubt to call the Church Vniuersall in respect of time for it hath bin euen from the beginning although not still apparent in the eyes of men Secondly that we may know the age of the world therfore to euery one of these names the yeeres of their life are subioyned for else we should not haue knowne how much time was betweene the flood and the making of the couenant with Abraham Thirdly that wee may know that Christ came of these fathers according to the flesh Fourthly although many more descended of Sem yet here they are not thought worthy to bee reckoned in Gods booke because they did not continue in the faith of Sem. Fifthly although Arphaxad be here named and in the tenth chapter after Elam and Assur Yet it followeth not that he is yonger then they for so wee must grant that Noah had these three sonnes in two yeeres which is not needfull but Arphaxad is rather the elder For the Scripture doth not obserue the order of times in setting downe names Q. Whether shall we hold with the Hebrew text that Selah was the sonne of Arphaxad or with the Greeke which affirmeth that Selah was the sonne of Cainan and grand-childe of Arphaxad A. Rather with the Hebrew for that is the originall fountaine and of vndoubted veritie the Greeke is but a translation and therefore the Translators might haue mistaken themselues in putting in Cainan between Arphaxad and Selah Secondly all the Hebrew coppies affirme that Selah was the son of Arphaxad but all the Greeke coppies doe not affirme Caman to bee Arphaxads sonne for there are some Greeke coppies which in the 1. of Chron. 1. 18. Make no mention at all of Cainan but onely haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arphaxad begat Selah Thirdly although Luke chapt 3. mention Cainan yet some Greeke coppies there are which in that place doe not at all mention Cainan as Beza witnesseth in his annot vpon Luc. cap. 3. Fourthly the putting in of Cainan here hath for the most part changed the time of each fathers procreation in the Greeke least the Gentiles as it is thought for whom the Bible was translated first should know their true genealogie Q. How many yeeres li●…ed Sem after hee begat Arphaxad A. Fiue hundred yeares euen till Isaac was fiftie yeares old and so he saw ten generations after him before he dyed Then true it is that he who honoureth his father c. his dayes shall be long in the land c. And although good Sem was