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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

vexed to see not only others but also his owne posterity fall to idolatry yet he is comforted before he dyeth to see the Church renued again in Abraham and Isac and no lesse comfort was it for Abraham and his sonne to enioy the society of old Sem who saw the first world the flood the building of Babel who questionlesse did instruct them with the knowledge of the true God and of those things which he had both receiued of his father Noah and which hee had seene by his owne experience Q. What sonnes had Terah A. Abraham Nachor and Haran where Abraham though youngest is first placed for honour and dignities sake as before Sem is put before his elder brethren Secondly Abraham is not onely mentioned here but also Nachor and Haran for the better vnderstanding of the history of Lot the sonne of Haran and of Rebeccah Isaacks wife who was of Nachors house Q. How doe we know that Abraham was the youngest of these three A. Because he was borne when his father Terah was a hundred thirty yeares old for Terah dyed two hundred fiue yeares olde vers 32. of this cap. Then Abraham departed from Charran 75. yeeres olde Gen. 12. 4. therefore if Abram was 75. yeeres old at the death of his father it is manifest that he was borne the 130. yeere of his fathers age and so consequently he was yonger then Nachor and Haran who were borne before this time for Milcah Nachors wife was the daughter of Haran verse 29. therefore questionlesse Haran was the eldest Againe Haran died before his father verse 28. If then he died and had a daughter who was married before Abraham was 75. yeeres old then doubtlesse he was the eldest if then Abraham was borne when Terah was 130. yeeres old Haran must needs be borne when Terah was 70. For at that time he begate that is he began to beget children verse 26. Therefore by this also we may gather that Nachor was elder then Abraham Q. What shall we say to the Hebrewes who hold that Abrahams age of 75. yeeres is not counted from his birth but from his departure from Vr of Chaldea A. If this were true that Abraham was borne when his father was 70. yeeres old we must admit that hee was 135. yeeres olde when hee departed from Charran which is contrarie to Gen. 12. 4. Againe by this supputation it would follow that Isaac was born 35. yeeres before Abraham came to Canaan for Abraham was 100. yeeres old when Isaac was borne Gen. 21. But that is false for Isaac was borne in Canaan Yea if this fiction of the Hebrewes were true wee must be forced against the Scripture to admit that Abraham was 160. yeere old when Isaac was borne and that he liued 100. yeeres whereas he liued but 175. Gen. 25. Neither neede we with Augustine Quest. 25. in Gen. That Abraham came twice to Canaan once when his father was liuing and then hee remained there 60. yeeres and another time after his death for the Scripture both here and Act. 7. Mentions onely of once comming to Canaan and that after his fathers death Q What signifieth Vr of the Chaldees here A. It may either signifie fire properly and so the Hebrews think that Haran died in the fire but that Abraham was wonderfully deliuered from thence which sauours of a fable because neither mentioned by Moses nor Paul Heb. 11. Neither by Iosephus nor Philo who haue written much of Abraham Secondly This Ur may signifie metaphorically persecution and affliction which often in Scripture is called fire as Psal. 66. 12. Lam. 1. 13. And so Abraham was deliuered from the afflictions of the Chaldees Thirdly it may be here the name of a Citie as the Chaldee paraphrase taketh it or a countrey as the Greeke translateth it and this is most proper then Vr was a Citie or Countrey in Chaldea so called either from the fire which they saw come from heauen vpon the fathers sacrifices or else from the sacred fire which was kept there for fire was holy amongst the Gentiles especially amongst the Chaldeans Persians and Romans or it might haue beene called so because it stood in a low place or valley which the Hebrews call Vr. In this countrey then or Citie Haran died before his father that is his father being yet aliue and from hence Terah tooke Abraham Lot and Sarai to goe to Canaan Q. Was Sarai Abrahams halfe sister by his father Terah and not by his mother as thinketh Clem. Alexand. lib. 2. Strom. A. No but she was the daughter of Haran and sister to Lot and Milcha which Milcha was grand-mother to Rebecca Isaaks wife Gen. 22. 20 23. Then though properly shee was his brothers daughter yet shee is called his sister Gen. 20. 12. As Lot is called his brother Gen. 13. 8. For the Hebrewes vse to call their kinsfolkes brethren and sisters and though properly shee be Terahs grand-childe yet according to the Scripture phrase shee may be called his daughter For grandfathers are called fathers in Scripture as Iacob calleth Abraham his father Gen. 48. 15. 16. Shee was then Abrahams sister that is his brother Harans daughter by the same father Terah but not by the same Mother for Haran was Terahs sonne by an other woman so that he was but halfe brother to Abraham Here then we see how carefull Abraham is now and other fathers here after to take them wiues of their owne kindred and not strangers being Idolaters and this they did when as yet there was no positiue law to forbid them as afterward it was commanded by Moses Deut. 7. 3. Q. What was Iscah whom Moses calleth the daughter of Haran A. This Iscah is no other woman but Sarai for els it had beene impertinent to haue spoken of her in this place the signification also of the word so much importeth For both Ischai and Sarai signifie the same thing to witte principality or rule Then Sarai we see had two names as many other in the Scripture and though Abraham marryed her being his mothers daughter yet we must not thinke that marriage vnlawfull in him for it was not exhibited by law yea after the law we see it was in vse by the practise of Othniel for he marryed with Achsah the daughter of his brother Caleb Iudg. 1. 13. Yet although this marriage was not vnlawfull in Abraham and Othniel because it was permitted them being extraordinary persons wee must not put it in practise for many things were lawfull to them which to vs are vnlawfull And though Moses doth not expresly forbid it yet by analogy and consequence it seemeth to forbid such kind of marriage Moses Lev. 18. doth not in expresse tearmes forbid the grand-child to mary with the grand-mother or with the wife of his grand-father or a man to marry with his mothers brothers wife and yet these marriages by proportion are vnlawfull Moses onely there sets downe expresly a few vnlawfull marriages that by those wee may iudge

prime of his yeeres but then none was sayd to come to mans estate till he had bin a hundred yeeres and more Secondly Moses drift here is not to set downe the names of all the sonnes 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 ●…peakes of the youngest as Matthew 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. WHat is vnderstood by men that began to multiply A. By men we vnderstand the sonnes of Caine who because they tooke many Wiues did encrease faster then Sheths posteritie and as they multiplyed so did their sinnes multiply for the multiplication of mankind 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 floud 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 an●… mighty men therefore they are called the sonn●… of God as the Mountaines of God the Cedar●… 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 whereo●… Paul speaketh Rom. 8. They that are led by th●… 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 posteritie 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 posteritie 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 and by consequent the sonne of God both by ad●…ption 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 sonnes of old Adam because they were not borne againe by the immortall Seed of the Word now it was vnlawfull for Sheths posteritie to marry Caines daughters being of a contrarie Religion This kind of Matrimonie was forbidden afterwards Exodus 34. and Deuteronomy 7. For this cause Abraham and Isaac would not haue their sonnes marrie with Canaanites Secondly they tooke those wiues not for multiplication of Man-kinde 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 enclosed into bodies as the soules of men therefore they cannot be moued with carnall lust Q. Some do thinke they haue bodies and therefore are here 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 no●… for heauenly bodies haue but one kind of motion which is to turne round but Angels ascend and descend haue all other kinds of mouing Elementarie they are not for whatsoeuer i●… 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 then the bodies of men because in sublunarie bodyes 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 seede fit for procreation because they feede not for seede is a part of our foode 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 whome he hath made to his owne Image flesh to make him ashamed that he hath so miserably falne from his first integrity for Adam was made a liuing soule Q. Why saith God that the daies of man should be an hundred and twenty yeeres seeing that after the Floud many did liue till they were aboue A. It is true that Sem liued fiue hundred yeeres after the Floud some foure hundred some two hundred and many till Moses time liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres So that these words must not be vnderstood as though God after the Floud did prolong mans life onely to an hundred and twentie yeeres but these one hundred and twentie yeres are meant of that time that God gaue to the first world to repent in so long Noe preached and builded the Arke Q. It seemes there was an hundred yeeres from the vttering of this speech till the Floud for Sem after the Floud immediatly was an hundred yeeres old and hee was borne when this speech was vttered A. From the vttering of this speech vntill the Floud there was an hundred and twentie yeeres but this was spoken when Noe was foure

Ezechiel in the Rainebow so he hath reuealed himselfe to vs in his Sonne Christ fifthly as the generation of the Raine-bow is wonderfull so is the two-fold generation of Christ more wonderfull Yea his name shall be called wonderfull Isaiah 9. 6. sixthly as in the Raine-bow there are three colours so in Christ there are three offices to wit of a King of a Priest and a Prophet seauenthly as in the Rainebow there is the colour of fire and water so in Christ there is fire to purge vs and water to coole and manure vs eighthly as the Raine-bow Reuel 4. did compasse the throne round about so doth Christ with his power and prouidence defend the Church which is his throne ninthly as we should looke vpon the Raine-bow and comfort our selues when we feare any inundation of waters so should we with the eyes of faith looke vpon our Redeemer when we feare the inundation of his Fathers wrath Q. What vse should we make of the consideration of the Raine-bow A. First it should comfort for if God was so carefull to confirme this temporall couenant with a signe much more carefull will he be to confirme that couenant which he hath made with vs in Christ secondly when wee see it let vs with the Iewes lift vp our hands and hearts to him that not only made the couenant but hath also euer kept it till now thirdly let vs learne to feare him and auoide sin that as we haue escaped the s●…ood which is signified by the waterish colour so wee may escape that deuouring fire which shall destroy the beauty of this world represented to vs by that fierie colour which we see in the raine-bow Fourthly let vs acknowledge our owne imbecility and incredulity seeing God is compelled to confirme his couenants and promises by such like externall signes Fifthly as the rainebow hath no light nor beauty but that which it hath from the sunne So let vs acknowledge that we haue no grace nor perfection but that which we receiue from the sonne of righteousnesse Sixthly let vs in beholding of the raine-bow acknowledge that the mercy of the Lord is aboue all his workes for in a litle wrath and for amoment he hid his face from vs but with euerlasting kindness he hath had mercy vpon vs. Es. 54. 8. Q. How will God remember Noah when he seeth the bow A. God doth not properly remember because he doth not forget and hee cannot forget because he is most perfect and all things are present to him yet for our better vnderstanding hee is said to remember and forget after the manner of men yet this and such like attributes are in God not subiectiue as they are in vs but Causaliter then he will remember that is he will cause vs to remember Q. Nhy doth Moses make mention of the three sonnes of Noah A. First to let vs see the effect of Gods blessing in the multiplication of mankinde how that of these three the whole world was so suddainely replenished Secondly to let vs know the propagation and increase of the Church which is his chiefest drift Thirdly to let vs see the wickednesse of Cham to his father and the cruelty of his posterity against the Church of God Fourthly that we might know that the propagation of mankind doth not depend on fortune or the starres or that they were from eternity Q. Had Noah any more sonnes besides these three A. No for if he had the Scripture would haue named them as well as the children of other Patriarches at least in generall that they begat sonnes and daughters Secondly Moses in this and the next chapter sheweth that these three did multiply the world therfore it is not likely that he had any more Q. What was the cause that Noah had no more children A. Not because he was gelded by his son Cham as the Hebrewes thinke for that is fabulous But first because these three were sufficient Secondly he was now very old not fit for procreation Thirdly he did enioy the blessing of multiplication in his children Fourthly because of his chastity and temperance which hee did more regard then the propagation of children Q. Why amongst all the children of Cham onely Canaan is named here A. Because amongst all Chams children Canaan and the Canaanites were most notorious in wickednesse Secondly because Canaan and his posterity were cursed of which he speaketh here verse 25. Thirdly to animate the Iewes for now the time was neere that they should take possession of their land to goe with courage against them seeing they were an accursed nation Q. Was Canaan borne in the Arke as Chrysostome thinketh A. No for eight persons onely went into the Arke and onely eight came out from thence Secondly in that dolefull time that they were in the Arke neither man nor beast did giue themselues to procreation Q. How is it vnderstood that Noah began now to be an husbandman Q. Not that he was none before but that now he began againe after the flood to follow that calling so we reade that Christ began to say Luk. 12. 1. and he began to cast out them that bought and sold in the Temple Mark 11. 15. that is he did say and did cast out c. or he began to be an husbandman that is he inuented some other way to till the ground then before or thirdly he began that is he did more painefully till the ground then before because it was made more barren by the flood here then we see that although Noah was righteous and an old man yet hee doth not giue himselfe to idlenesse and neglecteth his calling so no pretence should hinder vs from following our vocation so long as we are able Q. Was Noah the first inuenter of drinking wine A. Yes for if it had been in vse before the flood Noah had not beene ouertaken with it immediately after the flood Secondly we doe not reade that there was any drinking of wine till now Thirdly seeing the earth did bring forth most excellent and comfortable hearbs and the fountaines did yeeld most pleasant waters and the bodies of men were stronger there was no such neede of wine before the flood as after yet we deny not but there were grapes before the flood and men did eate of them as they did of other fruits Q. But seeing the earth was spoyled with the flood whence had Noah vines A. As other herbes and trees did spring out of the earth being warmed by the sunne So questionlesse did vines although not so excellent as before the flood and Noah by his tillage and husbandry made them better but we must not thinke that he gaue himselfe altogether to planting of vines neglecting other trees and hearbs but here is onely spoken of vines because Moses is to speake of Noahs drunkennesse and the effects thereof Q. Why was Noah so desirous to plant a vineyard A. Because he knew that the strength of mans body began to decrease and wine doth