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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

in Chaldea where he is bid leaue his country Secondly when he came to Canaan then God promised to giue his seed that land Gen. 12. 7. Thirdly when hee departed from Egypt to Canaan being separated from Lot then the Lord promised to him and to his seed the land of Canaan Gen. 13. 14. Fourthly in a vision when God promised to multiply his posterity as the starres Gen. 15. 1. Fifthly when Abraham was 99. yeares old then he changed his name from Abram to Abraham and instituted circumcision the seale of the couenant Gen. 17. 1. Sixthly in the plaine of Mamre setting in his tent dore then hee receiued the three Angels Gen. 18. 1. Seauenthly when he was commanded to cast out Ishmael Gen. 21. ●…2 Eighthly when hee was commanded to sacrifice his sonne Isaac Gen. 21. 1. Ninthly when hee stayed him from offering of his sonne Gen. 22. 11. And by all these apparitions wee may see how highly God did account of his seruant Abraham and how happy and honourable they are whom God loueth although they are contemptible to the world Secondly God appeared oftentimes to Abraham and so hee doth still to his Saints although not after that manner that hee did to Abraham yet in his spirit hee is with vs to the end of the world Q. How did God appeare to Abraham and the Prophets A. Here it is not expressed how God appeared or spake but we know that God hath beene both seene and heard of his people not in regard of his essence which is most simple free from accidents infinite incomprehensible neyther must we imagine with the Anthropomorphits that God hath a body and members by which he is made visible for no man hath seene God at any time Ioh. 1. No man can see him and liue Exod. 33. No in the kingdome of heauen wee shall not see his essence with our bodily eyes We may see him with the eies of our minds as the Angels doe now for we shall be like to them Yet we shal see him perfectly with our bodily eyes but in the person of his Son our mediator for the godhead dwelleth bodily in him then neither Abraham nor any Prophet hath seene or heard God in himselfe but onely they haue enioyed his presents in externall signes as Moses in the fierie bush the Israelites in the cloud and fire in smoake and voices thunders and lightnings the Priests in the mercy seat in the Arke in Vrim and Thummim The Prophets sometimes in the shape of a man sometime they did inioy him without any externall signe immediately by his spirit working vpon the vnderstanding and will and they haue seene him sometimes by dreames sometimes awaking sometimes in a trance as his Maiestie thought good but there neuer was nor is nor shal be a more excellent way to see him then in his sonne Iesus For hee that hath seene him hath seene the Father Ioh. 14. Then we know not how he appeared and spake to Abraham it is sufficient for vs to know that hee appeared in some externall image Quam voluntas eligit non quam natura creauit Ambros Q. Why doth God command Abraham to teaue his countrey A. Because he will trie his faith and obedience Secondly because he will weane him by degrees from the loue of the world Thirdly because hee will haue him to bee a Preacher amongst the Cananites to shew them the knowledge of the true God That he may winne some to saluation and make the obstinate inexcusable Fourthly that he may take possession of that land in the name of his posteritie Fifthly that hee may flee from the Societie of the Idolatrous Chaldeans and shunne all those that were hinderers to him in Gods seruice especially his friends and acquaintance Sixthly to teach vs what we should doe when wee are called euen leaue our owne countrey kindred and fathers house that is the world our sinnes which are so deere vnto vs and the dominion of Satan that we may follow Christ to the heauenly Canaan Seauenthly that Gods power might appeare the more in defending Abraham in preseruing and multiplying his posteritie amongst the midst of their enemies in a strange land and at last giuing them the full possession of it then for these reasons Abraham forsooke his countrey friends and acquaintance which was hard for flesh and blood to doe yet by faith hee went out not knowing whither hee went Heb. 11. 8. Q. Is it lawfull then for vs to forsake our countries and friends if they ●…inder vs in Gods seruice A. Yes for if we preferre father or mother or any thing to Christ we are not worthy of him for this cause therefore Abraham Isaac and Iacob soiourned in the land of promise as in a strange countrey Heb. 11. 9. Lot forsooke Sodome the Israelites Aegypt Moses refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter Heb. 11. 24. Elias and Iohn Baptist liued in the wildernesse Christ also did retire himselfe commonly to the shippe the mount and the desert the Disciples forsooke all and followed Christ. Math. 18. 28. And many holy men in the Primitiue Church of whom the world was not worthie as th'Apostle saith wandred in deserts and mountaines in dennes and caues of the earth Heb. 11. 38. And truly as the societie of the wicked hinders the seruice of God so nothing fitter to aduance it then a priuate life free from the multitude Amongst whom we both see and here these things which doe not bring vs to God but drawes vs from him yet here I doe not commend the idle life of the Monkes which is vndertaken more for superstition then religion for the belly then the soule amongst whom for the part gluttonie couetousnesse and intemperance doe reigne instead of sobrietie meekenesse and continencie as Helias Abbas did complaine although I finde nothing in that kinde of life contrarie to true Christianitie if so be it were purged from errour and superstition and corrected according to the patterne of that life embraced by the Primitiue Church and so highly commended by the fathers For indeede their Monasteries were the seed-plots and seminaries of the Church and free from these errors and abuses which now adaies haue filled our Monasteries Now though Abraham left his countrey yet this must not be a president for vs vpon euery occasion to forsake our countrey and friends or to thinke that God can onely be serued abroad and not at home truly many holy men who neuer forsooke their countrey and friends haue serued God sincerely And it was the praise of Noah that he was righteous before God in that wicked generation wherein he liued But if wee see that wee cannot liue amongst our friends without indangering our saluation let vs rather loose and forsake all then loose our soules Q. In what countrey was Abraham now when God called him A. Not in Mesopotamia or in the way betweene Chaldea and Charran as Augustine thinketh lib. de ciuit Dei 16. cap. 15. For hee is called

discords they haue lost their ancient glory and Constantinople which was the Queene of the Easterne Cities and sometimes the house of God and vineyard of Iesus Christ is become now a cage for Mahomet the diuell and his excrements the Turkes who as it seemes were only borne to be a plague to Gods people Q. Which are the three sonnes of Gomar here mentioned A. Ascanaz of whome came a people which did inhabite Ascania a countrey in Asia-minor in which there was a lake of the same name euen in the time of the 〈◊〉 Kiphath of him came the Paphlagons a people also in Asia which name they had of Paphlagon the sonne of Phi●…eas Thogar●… of him came the Phrygians a people in Asia neere to Bithinia Lydia and Misia they are called by the Hebrewes as Iosephus saith Thygrammanes from this Thogarma Q. Which are the foure sonnes of Iauan A. The first is Elishah of him came the Aeolians a people of greece who leauing their country went to Asia and seated themselues in Mysia which they called Aeolia from their owne name Elishah sold blew and purple to the Tyrians Ezech. 27. 7. His second sonne is Tharshish whose posterity inhabited Cilicia now called Turcomania where that famous City Tarsus was built as is thought by Sardrnapalus in which Paul was borne Act. 21. 39. hither 〈◊〉 fled 〈◊〉 1. 3. the people of Tharshish were famous for shipping Ezech. 27. 12. therefore Pompeius vsed their helpe in his sea fight against Caesar and the medeteranean sea is called Tarsis from them Psal. 48. 7. The third sonne is Citti●… of whom came the Cyprians who did inhabite the Iland Cyprus not farre from Syria and Cilicia therefore the Iland was called Citica the Hebrewes call it Chitti●… and here was the city Citiu●… This Cyprus was many yeares vnder the gouernment of the Venetians but now they are vnder the seruitude of Magog the Turke His fourth sonne is D●…danim of whom the Rhodiant came who inhabited Rhodus an Iland in the Carpathian sea famous for the citie Rhodos which was possessed by the Christians many yeares But at last proud Nabuchadnezzar the Turke by our negligence tooke both the city and the Iland Q What is meant by the Iles of the Gentiles A. Not onely the plots of ground which are compassed about with the sea but also countries and regions within the continent for the whole earth may be called an Iland because it is all compassed with the sea the Iles are giuen them with the rest of the earth to the sonnes of men the Iles are inuited to praise God Isa. 42. 10. The Iles shall waite for Christ. Isay 51. 5. the kings of the Iles shall offer gifts to Christ. Psal. 72. 10. and this was accomplished when God perswaded Iapheth to dwell in the tents of Sem. Gods children in this world may be likened to Iles for as Iles are separated from the rest of the earth so Christ hath chosen his Saints out of the world Ioh. 15. Secondly as Iles are compassed about with the sea and most subiect to stormes so the the Saints in this world are most subiect to afflictions Ioh. 16. Q. Which was Chams first sonne A. C●…sh the father of the Aethiopians of whorn mention is made Isa. 11. Ezec. 29. and 30. Amos 9. Nah●…m 3. Soph. 2. and else-where but the name of Aethiopia is sometime giuen to Arabia sometime to India because of the commerce that was betweene the Aethiopians these countries as also because they in s●…merare both black but Aethiopia properly 〈◊〉 in Affrica vnder which name not only the country of the Abissines is cōprehended but also the Southeast part of Affrica from the meridionall line to caput bon●… spei and this confusion of the name hath caused many errors amongst the learned then this name of Cush and Aethiopia so often vsed in Scripture is rather to bee vnderstood of Arabia which was neere to India then of the remote countries of Affrica therefore Moses wife being a Madianite is called an Aethiopian Numb 12. Theodoretus thinketh that the Queene of Saba who came to see Salomon was Queene of Aethiopia Quest. 22. in Num. The Aethiopians did vse to call their Queenes Candaces whose chiefe gouernour the Eunuch was conuerted by Philip. Act. 8. Mathiac the Apostle did preach the Gospell to the Aethiopians as thinketh Sophronius Q. What was Mizraim A. The father of the Aegyptians who are still called by this name in the new Testament but in the old Mizraim and because Mizraim was Chams son therefore in Scripture Aegypt is called the land of Ch●… Psal. 105. 23. and 78. 51. If Mizraim was the father of the Aegyptians they neede not brag so much of their antiquity This country was first gouerned by their owne kings wh●… they called Pharaoh then they were subdued by the Aethiopians in the dayes of Hezekias After that Cyrus the Persian ouercame them But vnder Darius Nothus they fell away from the Persian and were gouerned by their owne kings till Alexander subdued them After his death it fell to Ptolomeus by whose name their kings were called till Cleopatra after whose death the Romans made it a Prouince after them the Saracens had it and now it is vnder the Turkish slauery This country was famous for Abraham Ioseph the Patr●…kes the birth of Moses the deliuery of the Israelites for arts and sciences fruitfulnesse and riches townes and schooles for Christ and his mother who fled thither for many Martyrs and Christian professors for the first Monks and Eremites who from thence did ouerspreade all Europe But as before it was infamous for idolatry so now it is for Mahomet●… blasphemous herefie Q. What people came of Phut A. The Lyrians a people in Affrica neere Mauritania where there is a riuer called Phut They are called by this name Eze. 27. and 38. cap. But they are called by the name of Lybia Act. 2. and Dan. 11. in Lybia there hath beene famous Churches but especially Carthage renowned for that learned Bishop and glorious Martyr Cyprian Q. What was Canaan A. The cursed sonne of Cha●… of whom came the Canaanites which did inhabite that land which was called Canaan the land of promise Iudea and now the holy land it was deuided in Iudea Samaria and Galile in it God was once well knowne but now instead of God Mahomet is worshipped Q. What was Seba A. The sonne of Cush and father of the Sabeans a people in Arabia-felix but there is a twofold Sheba the one in Arabia the other in Aethiopia this in Hebrew is written with S●…mech that with Shi●… from this the Queene of Saba came to Salomon from that the wise men came to worship Christ both these places are mentioned Psal. 72. 10. the Kings of Sh●…ba and 〈◊〉 shall giue gifts Q. What other sonnes had Cush A. Hauilah the father of the Getulians Sabtah of whom came a people called Sabath●…i dwelling in Arabia-felix Raamah and Sabtecha whose posteritie also did

4. 18. But the wicked trauell towards the North from whence a plague shall bee spread vpon them Ier. ●… 14. Because the way of the wicked is as darkenesse Prou. 4. 19. Q. Why went Abraham downe to Egypt A. Not because hee distrusted of Gods prouidence for hee was assured that God could miraculously feede him as afterward he did the widow of Serepta and Eli●…h Secondly not because hee was inconstant and mooueable as many are who can neuer settle themselues in one place but like wandring starres and carryed vp and downe from place to place Thirdly neither fled he for any villany he had committed or murther as Moses did from Egypt Fourthly nor to increase his stocke as marchants doe Fifthly nor curiously to increase his knowledge in humane sciences as Pythagoras Emsedocles Democritus and Plato who for this end trauelled so farre countries but he went first because of the famine in the land therefore hee would not tempt God by neglecting lawfull means Secondly because he would propagate the knowledge of the true God in Egypt as Saint Chrysoftome thinketh Hom. 30. in Gen. And for this end the Apostles trauelled through the world now although this was a very fruitfull land Deut. 8. 7. Yet God made it barren for the wickednesse of them that dwelt therein Psal. 107. 34. Barrennesse and mis●…ery are the fruits of sinne let no man glory in their fruitfull Ilands for sinne will make them barren as Sodom and Gomorrha Againe when Abraham thought to haue ●…ase and wealth hee is frustrated for hee is faine to flye for hunger so God doth exercise his children wiith such punishments that his care and their faith may appeare the more so he did pinch Isack Iacob Ioseph Elias Eliseus and other Prophets Paul and other Apostles with hunger Moreouer Abraham for the sinnes of this land fared the worse and so many times Gods children dwelling with the wicked are partakers of their plagues Q. What did the going downe of Abraham into Egypt signifie A. That as he went thither so should his posterity after him and the most part of the circumstances doe agree First as famine was the cause that Abraham went to Egipt So famine was the cause that mooued Iacob and his sonnes to goe thither Secondly as Abraham was now troubled so afterward Israel was more afflicted Thirdly Pharaoh for Abrahams sake is plagued and Pharaoh for Israels sake was drowned Fourthly Abraham was vsed ●…ell for Saraies sake and so was Israel for Iosephs sake Fifthly Sarai Abrahams wife was faire to looke vpon therefore she was e●…ticed to lye with Pharaoh so Ioseph Israels sonne was a faire person therefore was enticed to lye with Po●…iphers wife Sixthly Abraham departed rich from Egypt hauing sheepe beeues asses and Cammels so did the Israelites hauing spoyled the Egyptians of their siluer gold and rayment Q. Wa●… Sarai beautifull at this time A. Yes and her beauty was extraordinary seeing it was not diminished neither by her long iournies nor by her age for now she was 6●… yeares old tenne yeares yonger then Abraham And as Sara●… was beautifull in the eyes of Abraham so is the Church faire in the eyes of Christ her well beloued But this beauty of the Church doth not so much consist in externall splendor as in internal grace for the kings daughter is all glorious within Psal. 45. 13. This beauty of Sarai made Abraham giue her counsell to say that shee was his sister and not his wife for hee knew what danger there is to haue a beautifull woman And truely oftentimes beauty hath beene the cause of murther and mischiefe the wife of Vriah Lucretia Helina and many more can testifie therefore beauty is not so much to be regarded as vertue Abraham then had good cause to feare the Egyptians because they are blacker then the Cananites and when they see a faire woman which is scarce in that hot country they are exceeding prone to defloure her hee knew also that the aboundance and plenty in Egypt brought out incontinance and intemperance among them Q. Did Abraham sinne in perswading his wife to say she was his sister A. He did not sinne in sauing his owne life seeing nothing is more precious then the life especially Abrahams because all nations should be blessed in his seede Secondly neither altogether did he lye in saying shee was his sister for she was his brothers daughter and such as are neere a kinne the Hebrewes did vse to call brethren sisters Thirdly no●… yet did he sinne ●…in giuing this hard censure of the Egyptians for what he spake of their cruelty and lust hee spake it by experience though not in himselfe yet in others he knew what the nature and qualities of barbarous people are without the knowledge of God yea it seemes by the euent he speakes this as a Prophet Fourthly neither can we altogether say that hee sinned in hazzarding his wifes chastity if we looke to his faith For we may thinke that hee who in greater matters depended vpon Gods prouidence did also in this and was assured that God would rather deliuer her then suffer her chastity to be abused as the euent sheweth yet we will not deny but some humane infirmities are mixed with this action of Abraham for he did not call Sarai his sister in that sence that Pharaoh vnderstood her to be Secondly in that he did seeme too much to hazzard his wiues chastity hauing no such warrant from God Thirdly in that he was too feareful of death when he should haue rather assured himselfe that God who had preserued him hitherto would not leaue him now destitute Fourthly in that he gaue an euill example to others by counselling his wife to dissemble Yet these and such like infirmities in the Saints are not to vs matter of imitation but of humiliation rather considering that there is a law in our members warring against the law of the minde Rom. 7. 23. Q. What hapned to Abraham when he came to Egypt A. His wife Sarai is commended by the Princes to Pharaoh and she receiued into his house here then ws see that Sarai did as Abraham desired her and in this shee shewed her selfe a louing and faithfull wife who will rather hazard her chastity then suffer her husband to be killed Secondly in that the Princes commended her we haue here the nature of flattering courtiers set downe who accommodate themselues to the humors and vices of their king Thirdly we see in the Egyptians the nature of carnall men who are more mooued with externall shewes and beauty then with internall vertue and grace For Sarai is sought not for her vertue but for her beauty Fourthly in that Abraham is the first of Hebers posterity who went to Egypt we gather from hence that the Hebrews are not descended of the Egyptians as Iosephus in his books against Apton doth prooue Fifthly from hence also wee gather that the name of Pharaoh is euery ancient seeing the Egyptian kings were generally

and Lot had gotten in their possessions in Charran where wee may see that Abraham was no base fellow but a man of might for hee had many seruants euen 318. trained souldiers Gen. 14. Againe here we see his care to their soules who would bring them with him a patterne for masters who must be carefull to procure the weale of their seruants soules and in that they went with him wee haue here an example for seruants who should bee ready to follow their masters in goodnesse Q. Did Abraham well in taking with him to Canaan all the substance that he had gathered A. Yes for God would neyther haue him begge not bee burdensome to those amongst whom he was to dwell our calling then doth not hinder the lawfull vse of riches lawfully gotten for those that were called by the Apostles did not altogether leaue their possessions but sold them as well for the vse of others as for their owne Act. 2. and Abraham as all the Saints may lawfully possesse riches for they are the gifts of God the effects of Gods blessings and the instruments of learning vertue and almes yet we must take heed that our riches bee not vnlawfully gotten Secondly they be not abused to luxurie and pride Thirdly that we doe not put our confidence in them Fourthly that wee doe not hide them with that vnprofitable seruant when we should vse them to the comfott of our selues and poore brethren Fifthly that we doe still acknowledge God to be the Authour and giuer of them Sixthly that whensoeuer occasion serueth we be ready to leaue them if God doe so require of vs for the greater aduancement of his glory and true religion and so it is to be vnderstood that the Apostles forsook all and they are promised to be highly rewarded who leaueth these things for Christs sake Mat. 19. Q. How farre trauelled Abraham through the land A. To the place where Sichem afterward was built a city in the tribe of Manasses belonging to the priests and not farre from the hils Hebal and Garizim where the Israelites heard the blessings pronounced Deut. 27. 12. This place in Abrahams time was called the plaine or Oke of Moreth for it seemes that here was a groue of Okes. And here we see that Abraham euen in this promised land is but a pilgrim for he is driuen to wander as farre as Sichem which is toward the desert Truely God would teach both Abraham and vs by this that our lise here on earth is but a peregrination Q. Did this land belong of right to Abraham Because he descended of Sem A. The Hebrewes thinke that Canan by Noah was giuen to Sem and his posterity but Canans sonnes tooke it by violence from them which is false First because the Scripture mentioneth no such thing Secondly if this country had belonged to Sem and so consequently to Abraham this had beene no free gift Thirdly is the Cananites had taken it violently then this had beene cause sufficient to haue driuen them out but wee reade onely that their wickednesse was the cause of their expulsion Leu. 18. 24. Fourthly God would not haue deferred foure hundred yeares to driue them out but presently would haue put Abrahams seed in possession of it which he did not for their iniquity was not yet full Fifthly Moses mentioneth no other cause that mooued God to bring his people to Canaan but onely because he loued them Deut. 4 37. And as God brought Abraham now to Canaan the countrey being replenished with Canaanites so did hee afterwards to his posterity for when they they were brought hither from Egypt they did finde the Cananites in the land Againe as the Cananites was in the land so the Cananites are in the Church and as Abraham liued a stranger amongst them so do the Saints amongst the wicked but as there came a time when the Cananites were driuen out so the day shall come when the wicked shall be cast out into vtter darkenesse Mat. 8. 12. Q. Which of the persons of the trinity appeared here to Abraham A. Not the father for as he is of none so he is sent of none nor the holy Ghost for he visibly onely appeared in a done on Christ in Iordan and on the Apostles in fierie tongues but Christ the second person the Angell of the couenant who hath from the beginning beene a mediatour and the embassadour of his Father Some to vpholde image-worship do thinke this wasian Angell Personaliter but God by representation and therefore he is called Lord. But this is false because the name Iehouah which is in the Hebrew text is neuer giuen to any creature for it is Gods proper name Esay 54. 5. Amos 4. 15. If the name Elohim had beene vsed here they might haue had some shew for their opinion for that name indeede is sometimes giuen to the creatures Psal. 82. 6. But the essentiall name of Iehouah is here expressed which is onely proper to the creator Secondly if this had beene an Angell it is not like that Abraham would haue built an altar to him for building of Altars was a part of diuine worship Q. To whom then did Abraham build thi●… Altar A. To Iehouah that appeared vnto him and in so doing he testifies his piety to God euen amongst the midst of Idolaters without feare Religio esse non potest vbi metus est Lact. Firm. lib. 4. Loue driueth out feare Secondly he shewes a thankfull minde to God not only in building an altar but building it without command of his owne accord Thirdly he did not build it to any of the Idol gods hee knew his God to bee a iealous God and who would giue his glory to none Farre otherwise doe they who build Churches and Chappels to the honour of dead men Hon●…randi sunt sancti propter imitationem non adorandi propter religionem Augustin I deny not but any religious house may bare the name of a Saint or Martyr deceased prouided alwayes that wee derogate nothing from the Lord or arrogate any thing to them contrary to Gods word Q. Whether remooued Abraham from Sichem A. To a mountaine on the East of Bethel so called by Iacob but otherwise it was called by Luz Gen. 28. 19. This mountaine was betweene Bethel and A●… a city which Iosuah destroyed Ios. 8. And vpon this mountaine a Temple was built by the permission of Alexander Macedonia of which hill the woman of Samaria speaketh Ioh. 4. It had two tops Hebal and Garizim whereon the blessings and cursings were pronounced Here then Abraham stayes a while and yet not long for hee is forced to trauell towards the South as hauing no certaine abode enen in that promised land hee was then and the godly are still but strangers in this world and as hee went towards the South as towards the Sun so doe the godly in faith and grace the way of the righteous shineth as the light that shineth more and more vnto the perfect day Prou.

called Pharaoh In the time of Abraham and this name remained amongst them till the returne of the people from Babylon then in the beginning of the Grecian Empire they were called Ptolomees till Cleopatra being ouercome Augustus did redact it into the forme of a prouince but after the Empire was diuided Egypt being gouerned a while by the Grecian Emperours and weary of that seruitude they did chuse Calipha the captaine of the Saracens to be their King from whom the Egyptian kings for almost the space of 447. yeeres were called Caliphae afterward the kings of Egypt were called Sultans after the death of Melechsala Q. How was Saraies chastity preserued A. By the hand of God for Pharaoh and his house were plagued with great plagues because of her then questionless●… as God had a care to keepe her chastity from Abimelech so now he hieth to keep it from Pharaoh though here it bee not directly expressed as there because shortly after mention is made of Isacks birth whom some would haue thought to haue been Abimelechs sonne and not Abrahams Secondly here we see the care that God hath of his children in their extremities hee suffereth no man to doe them wrong Psal. 105. 14. Thirdly Kings must take heede by this Pharaoh that they do not oppresse and offend Gods children for hee hath reprooued kings for their sakes Psal. 105. 14. Fourthly wee may see here the fiercenesse of Gods iudgements who for this sinne of Pharaoh did plague his whole house so many times for the wickednesse of a king the whole land is punished Quicquid delirant reges plectuntur Achiui Fifthly God plagued Pharaoh for Abrahams wife euen so whore-mongers and adulterers God will iudge Heb. 13. 4. Examples we haue of Pharaoh here Rubin Gen. 35. The Beniamites Iudg. 19. Dauid 2. Sam. 11. The Israelite with the Moabite woman Num. 25. 6. If God plagued Pharaoh who ignorantly tooke Sarai what plagues must they looke for who take a pride and pleasure in committing adultery Seauenthly not onely Pharaoh but the Princes that counselled him are plagued euen so shall all wicked counsellors bee handled Malum consilium consultori pessimum Then let none wonder why they are also punished Quid mirum ●…os regiae penae fuisse participes qui regis in patrando flagitio fuerunt adiutores Chrysostom Q. Did Pharaoh commit adultery with Sarai A. No for he is plagued before he touched her or else to what end had hee beene plagued after he violated her Secondly it was not the custome amongst these nations for kings to take them wiues before they had purified themselues certaine dayes yea a whole yeare as we may see in the booke of Hester Thirdly although Pharaoh had touched her yet properly wee cannot call that copulation adultery because she yeelded not of her owne accord but was compelled both by her husband to saue his life as also by Pharaoh So Abraham did lye with Agar and yet we cannot say he committed adultery seeing he did not of lust but by the counsell of his wife to beget children yet the surer way is to hold that she was not touched Fourthly we may collect here by Pharaohs words that if he had knowne Sarai to be Abrahams wife he would not haue taken her Qui prat●…ndit ignor antiam condemnat intemperantiam Ambros. lib. de Abr. cap. 2. This prophane king had learned so much continency euen by the law of nature Fifthly it is like that Pharaoh was warned by God in a dreame as afterward Abimelech was that Sarai was the wife of Abraham Q. Why did Pharaoh giue charge to his men concerning Abraham A. Because he would not haue any to doe him wrong and like enough the Egyptians did enuy him because for his sake the king and court was plagued as also because hee grew very rich amongst them in that short time he remained there Secondly because he would not haue any violence offered to Sarai for he knew how prone to lust his people were Here then we see that the hearts of kings are in the hands of the Lord Prou. 21. 1. Secondly Abraham in this tentation lost nothing but gained both riches and honour then true it is that all things worke together for the best to them that loue God Rom. 8. 28. Now whether Abraham taught the Egyptians astrologie or not is vncertaine yet like enough he did although he did not remaine their long for it is very probable that Abraham did labour to bring them to the knowledge of the true God which he could not better doe then by the knowledge of the visible celestiall creature and truely no man fitter to teach them then Abraham being bred amongst the Chaldeans the onely astrologers in the world hauing also himselfe the true knowledge of God and none fitter to learne this science then the Egyptians who were naturally inuited thereto because of the perpetuall serenity of their ayre beeing altogether free from cloudes which doe take away the light of these celestiall bodies oftentimes from vs. Questions on the thirtenth Chapter Quest. HOw is it vnderstood that Abraham went vp out of Egypt into the South A. He is said to goe vp out of Egypt because this country lyeth lower then Canaan So in the precedent chapter vers 10. Hee is said to goe downe to Egypt Now Abraham going to Canaan from Egypt is said to goe vnto the South not as though Canaan did lye Southward from Egypt for it is Northward But by the South here Moses vnderstandeth the Southerne parts of Canaan As Canaan was a type of heauen so is Egypt of the kingdome of Satan Abraham came out of Egypt to Canaan so must we from the power of Satan to the kingdome of grace he went vp from Egypt so wee must ascend by faith and seeke those things that are aboue he went vnto the South as to the sunne so we must follow the sonne of righteousnesse and walke in the light while it is day hee tooke his wife and Lot with him so we must helpe forward our friends in this spirituall iourney he was very rich when he went vp so we must be rich in faith Iam. 2. 5. Rich in good workes 1. Tim. 6. 18. Rich in vnderstanding Col. 2. 2. Rich in all vtterance and knowledge 1. Cor. 1. 5. Q. Why did Abraham returne againe to Bethel where he was before A. Not to pay his debts which hee had contracted going to Egypt as Rabbi Salomo prateth but because he knew this place better then others Secondly he had more acquaintance here then else-where Thirdly he receiued here some blessings from God therefore his affection is more bent to this place then to any other Fourthly this place had beene consecrated already by building an alter and calling vpon the name of the Lord therefore he would not seeme to neglect that place which was once consecrated for Gods worship teaching vs not to despise the publike places dedicated to Gods seruice Fifthly he would not seeme to