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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

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 Angels A. Because he did accomodate himselfe to the rude capacity 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 weary 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 other creatures since the Creation A. No for whatsoeuer seemes to be 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 kinds that were made in the Beginning Q. Why is it sayd 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 beginne 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 do you vnderstand that God sanctified the Sabbath A. In that he 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 wholy 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 estate it had not bin needfull to appoint one day for Gods seruice seeing euery day should haue bene 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 workes because in that happinesse mans labour should not haue bene wearysome Thirdly wee read of no commandement that was giuen to Adam but only one concerning not eating the forbidden fruite Fourthly if this law had bene giuen to Adam it should haue tied all his posterity to the obseruation thereof but wee do not read that any one of the Fathers before Moses did obserue the Sabbath Fiftly if the Sabbath had bene kept by the Fathers Moses would haue mentioned the same as a strong argument to perswade the Iewes to keepe it Sixtly the soundest of the Fathers are of this opinion Q. What is meant here by the 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 watred the earth A. Not a fountaine but a vapour which is the matter of raine Q. What is meant 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 frailty by earth is vnderstood the 4 elements for man is perfectly composed of all but earth is only expressed because in mans body there is more earth then any other element Secondly when man dies his body is resolued 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 then 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 excellency 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 bee 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 be but one soule Secondly if mans soule were

Noe shal be acceptable to God who for his sake appoynted times and seasons for sowing and reaping and gaue Noe the skill to finde out wine that comforts the heart of man and also in his time God did sweepe away the sins of this age which did grieue Lamech with an vniuersall floud Q. Which of Noes three sonnes were eldest A. Iapheth is the eldest as it is plaine Gen. 20.21 C ham the youngest Gen. 9.24 but Shem is first named First because in dignity he is preferred before his brethren Gen. 9.26 so Abraham is named before his elder brother Gen. 11.26 Iacob before Esau Gen. 28.5 Ephraim before Manasses Gen. 48.20 Secondly Shem is first named because of him Abram and his posterity the Israelites descended of which Moses is purposed to speake most Q. Why did the Patriarches here named abstaine so long from begetting children as Noe till he was 500. yeeres old c A. As they liued longer then wee so they were not ready so soone to beget children as we are for now when a man is 30. he is in the prime of his yeeres but then none was sayd to come to mans estate till hee had bin a 100. yeeres and more Secondly Moses drift her is not to set downe the names of all the sons of these Fathers but of such as Abraham and the Israelites came and therefore he omits those first borne of whom Abraham came not and speakes of the youngest as Mathew in describing Christs genealogie speaketh of Isaac not of Ismael of Iacob not of Esau of Iudas and Dauid not of their elder brethren because of them came not the Lord. Questions on the sixt Chapter Q. VVHat is vnderstood by men that began to multiply A. By men wee vnderstand the sonnes of Caine who because they tooke many wiues did increase faster then Sheths posterity and as they multiplied so did their sinnes multiply for the multiplication of mankinde is a blessing but we see the more blessings God bestoweth on vs the worse we are Q. What is meant here by the sonnes of God A. Not Angels neither good nor bad neither with bodies nor without bodies for they being Spirits are not moued with carnall lust neither was it to drowne them that God sent the flood but to destroy man therefore by the sonnes of God is vnderstood men for of them only doth God speake here throughout all the Chapter Q. What sort of men were these that are called the sonnes of God A. Some thinke they were very tall and mighty men therefore they are called the sons of God as the mountaines of God the Cedars of God that is high and tall hills and Cedars others thinke they were the sonnes of Princes and Iudges which are called gods in Scripture others againe say that they are those whereof Paul speaketh Rom. 8. They that are led by the Spirit of God they are the sonnes of God that they were holy and iust men but they are of soundest iudgement that by them vnderstand the posterity of Sheth who although they degenerated yet Moses giueth them that honourable title to shew their ingratitude in forsaking their heauenly Father Q. Why is the posterity of Sheth called the sonnes of God A. Because God had separated them from the rest of the world as a peculiar people to himselfe they did serue him and reuerence him as their heauenly Father secondly because Sheth their father was an holy and iust man by consequent the sonne of God both by adoption and imitation therefore God doth honour his posteritie in calling them the sonnes of God for their father Sheths sake so wee see what an honour it is to haue holy parents Q. Was it vnlawfull for the sonnes of God to take to themselues wiues of the daughters of men A. Yes for those daughters of men were Caines posteritie excommunicated from the Church for they were the sons of old Adam because they were not borne agayne by the immortall seed of the Word Now it was vnlawfull for Sheths posteritie to marry Caines daughters being of a contrary Religion this kind of matrimony was forbidden afterwards Exodus 34. and Deuteronomy 7. For this cause Abraham and Isaac would not haue their sons marry with Canaanites secondly they tooke those wiues not for multiplication of mankinde but to satisfie their immoderate lust therefore this copulation was vnlawfull for they should not haue defiled their bodies as knowing they are the Temples of the holy Ghost Q. How doe we know that these were not Angels which are called here the sonnes of God A. Because Angels are Spirits not composed of any physicall matter nor inclosed into bodies as the soules of men therefore they cannot be moued with carnall lust Q. Some do thinke they haue bodies and therfore are heere vnderstood to haue taken them wiues of the daughters of men how then is it that they haue no bodies A. If they had bodies they should be eyther celestiall or elementall celestiall they are not for heauenly bodies haue but one kinde of motion which is to turne round but Angels ascend and descend and haue all other kindes of mouing Elementary they are not for whatsoeuer is composed of Elements is corruptible but the Angels are not If they say that Angels haue in them but one element then I would know which it is Againe they should graunt that the bodies of Angels are more ignoble than the bodies of men because in sublunarie bodies the more elements they are composed of the nobler and perfecter they are and if their bodies are baser then their mindes are imperfecter for there is a proportion betweene the forme and the matter Q. Cannot Angels beget children A. No for they haue no feede fit for procreation because they feed not for seede is a part of our food Againe if they could procreate children they should be distinguished in male and female for both these must concurre in procreation Q. What is meant by these words My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man A. By the word Spirit is not vnderstood Gods prouidence nor God himselfe taken essentially nor his wrath and indignation nor mans soule but Spirit is taken for God himselfe personally or for the holy Ghost the third person in the Trinity by which Spirit Christ preached in Noe to the disobedient spirits of the old world 1. Pet. 3. The meaning then is My holy Spirit shall not contend alwayes or a long time with sinnefull man by exhorting conuincing outwardly and inwardly by the checkes of conscience because he is but flesh that is fleshly-minded walketh after the flesh and not after the Spirit Q. What then is meant by flesh heere A. Not flesh properly so called secondly nor as it is taken for the nature of man as Iohn 1.14 Christ the Word is said to be made flesh but heere it is taken for the corruption of mans nature Here then God calleth man whom he had made to his owne Image flesh to make him ashamed that he