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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

in bearing rule ouer the creatures which dominion Abel had not being taken away by vntimely death and from Cain this power was taken away because he was accursed and the earth commanded not to yeeld her increase Q. What doth this name Sheth signifie A. To be set or appointed in stead of Abel and as Abel was the tipe of mortality so Sheth is the tipe of our resurrection for Adam seemed to be dead Abel being killed and Caine accursed but in the birth of Sheth he seemes to reuiue ag●ine and as he in Sheth was reuiued so we all in Christ shal be made aliue and in that Adam giueth the same name to his son that Eua did they both testifie their faith and hope they haue in the promised Seed Q. Why are the yeeres of Adam and the rest ●●lled dayes A. To signifie that although our life bee neuer so long it shall consume as dayes for all yeeres are composed of dayes therefore euery day we should be mindfull of Mortality and thinke that euery day is the last and wee must beseech God that hee would teach vs to number our dayes Q. What is the cause that Adam and the rest here named before the Floud liued so long A. First because they liued soberly and were contented with simple diet not pampering their bellies as now with variety of dishes Secondly the constitution of their bodyes were better then ours stronger and not subiect to diseases Thirdly they had more experience and skill in the nature of hearbes and fruits which they did eate then wee haue Fourthly the earth then brought forth excellenter hearbes for the food of man then it hath done after the Floud Fifthly God would haue them liue so long that Man-kinde might the more be multiplyed Sixthly that man might the more commodiously finde out Arts and Sciences which they could not doe without long experience Seuenthly the moderate tēperature of the aire was then greater Eightly they did liue so long that Adam might teach them the Creation of the World his happines in Paradise and reiection from thence c. that the knowledge of God and religion might the better bee established amongst them and propagated by them Q. VVhat kinde of yeeres were those that Moses mentioneth heere A. Not the yeeres of the Moone which we call moneths for by this computation wee should confesse that Kenan and Enoch did beget sonnes and daughters before they were seuen yeeres olde and that Abraham being 17. yeeres of age was a very olde man but Moses meaneth the yeeres of the Sun which were equall with our yeeres as wee haue prooued in the Preface vpon the second book of our Iewish History Q. VVhy did Moses subioyne vnto euery one of their liues this particle and he died A. First to shew the ineuitable punishment and consequent of sinne vpon all Man-kinde And from hence we may conclude that euery one that dieth is a sinner euen children for death is the wages of sinne I except Christ who died not because he sinned but because he came to destroy sinne and death and Satan that hath the power of death Secondly to shew the vanity of this life which is so short Thirdly to put vs in minde of our mortality that we might prepare our selues for our end all must die euen those are gone that liued so long and although that wee thinke they liued many yeeres yet we may truely say that they did not liue one whole day for none of them liued 1000. yeeres which to God is as one day Q. VVhat is the cause of the great difference betweene the Hebrew copyes and the translation of the Septuagints in the computation of the yeeres betweene Adam and the Floud A. We cannot say that those seuenty Interpreters which Ptolemy did imploy in translating the Hebrew Bible into the Greeke tongue did erre in their computation seeing they vse no figures as the Greekes and Latines doe in this computation but they vse the names of their numbers But rather we thinke that those that copied out the translation of the Septuagints out of Ptolemeus Librarie did erre in mistaking the Greeke figures for one letter or figure may easily be mistaken for another or else they were somewhat negligent because they thought these numbers of yeeres not to bee necessary But wee must adhere to the Hebrew veritie or else if we follow the Septuagints in their computation wee must yeeld that Methusalem did liue after the Floud 16. yeeres which is directly against the truth of Gods Word which affirmeth that eight soules did onely escape the Floud that is Noah and his Family Q. Did Henoch die or not A. He did not die so witnesseth Paul Hebrews 11. and Moses also in this place for hee subioynes to euery one of their liues that liued before and after Henoch vntill the Floud and he died but of Henoch hee speaketh no such thing Q. Why did God translate Henoch that he should not see death A. First that he might assure the faithful of their resurrection and life eternall secondly because the world did degenerate came as it were to the height of impietie therefore he tooke him away left he had beene defiled with their wickednesse and so be made partaker of their plagues thirdly because God would shew the world how highly he esteemeth those that walke with him that is that obey loue and feare him Q. Whither was Henoch translated A. Not to the earthly Paradise for that was destroyed with the Floud but he was translated to that heauenly Paradise whereof Christ speaketh to the good Thiefe on the Crosse and whither Elias was caught now although be dyed not yet his translation was in stead of death Q. What signifieth Noe A. Rest which name his father Lamech gaue him because of the comfort hee should haue of him thinking that he was the promised Seed that should tread downe the Serpents head or rather because that he perceiued by the Spirit of prophecie that he should be the type of Christ For as Noe restored the world after the Floud so did Christ after the floud of his Fathers wrath restore the world to spirituall life secondly as Noe did build the Arke so hath Christ built the Church thirdly as Noe offered sacrifice whereby God smelled a sauour of Rest and said hee would curse the ground no more so in Christs Sacrifice which he offered on the crosse is the Father well pleased and he will not be angry with his Church for euer Q. How was Noe a comfort to Lamech concerning the sorrow and worke of his hands and touching the earth which the Lord cursed A. By Sorrow and the workes of our hands may be vnderstood sinne which is our owne worke as holinesse is the work of God by the earth which was cursed wee vnderstand the barrennesse of the ground and the hard labor of the husbandmen for the ground was cursed twice once for Adams sake and once for Caines but now Lamech comforteth himselfe that