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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

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

owne accord as it should haue done if Adam had not sinned or at least with little labour Secondly in that it brought forth noxious and fruitlesse and poysonable hearbes after the Fall Q. Why did Adam call his wife Eua the mother of liuing A. Because by this name hee would testifie his faith in beleeuing that Christ the Seed of the woman should bring that life againe to man which he had lost by his sinne Q. Did God make coates of skinnes for Adam and his wife A. Yes but whether God killed some beast or whether he created the skinnes of nothing or of some matter it is vncertaine howsoeuer by those skins he did put Adam in mind of his mortality and that he had need of clothing both for his body which now was to be subiect to infirmities as also for his soule which now was defiled with sinne and therefore must bee clothed with the righteousnesse of Christ which garment hee did put on by beleeuing that Christ the Lambe of GOD should be killed to clothe his naked soule as this beast was killed to clothe his naked bodie These skinnes also doe signifie our mortification for as these beasts were killed so we must kill our sinnes for this cause the skinnes of the Sacrifices were giuen to the Priests Leuit. 7. Elias and Iohn Baptist with many other Saints did weare skinnes Hebr. 11. Q. Why did God clothe them with skinnes A. First to shew them that it was lawfull for them to kill beasts although not to eate yet to clothe their bodyes Secondly to teach vs sobrietie for those were Skinnes not Silke Purple or Cloth of Gold which are not worne so much for necessitie as for pride Thirdly that this first Adam might in some sort be a type of the second Adam IESVS for this was cloathed with the skinnes of dead beasts so Christ with our dead sinnes for hee became sinne for vs that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him and so our Iacob tooke our flesh and skin and in it receiued the blessing for vs. Q. Was it needfull that Adam should be cloathed now after his Fall A. Yes first to hide his nakednesse secondly to desend his bodie from the iniuries of the ayre thirdly to assure him that although hee was a sinner yet God would not quite forget him and cast him away Q. Why did God say that Adam was like to him A. By these words God would shew how worthie Adam was to be scorned who thought to be like to any or the three Persons in the Trinitie for eating of the forbidden fruit so this word vs doth not signifie Angels but the three Persons of the Trinitie Q. Why did God driue Adam out of the Garden A. To let him see how foolishly he had done in giuing more credit to his Wife than to him Secondly to keepe the Tree of Life from him lest he should abuse it by thinking to haue life by it seeing he had now violated Gods Law for although this Tree was a signe of life before his Fall now it is none Thirdly that by driuing him from this Tree of Life he might seeke for a better life than this Tree could yeeld euen that heauenly life which is hid with Christ in God Q. When was Adam cast out of Paradise A. That same day he sinned for he being now a sinner and rebellious against God was not fit to stay any longer in that holy place but what day of the week●… he was cast out is vncertaine yet it is thought the eighth day after his creation he was cast out in the euening of that day for Satan did not suffer him to stay long there vntempted yet I doe not hold that he was cast out that same day he was created for so many things as fell out betweene his creation and casting out of Paradise could not be done all in such a short space as a piece of a day for the beasts were created the sixth day before man was Secondly in such a short time Adam could not haue perceiued the pleasures and happinesse of that place therefore he was not cast out that same day hee was created Q. Why would God haue Adam to till the ground A. Because now the ground was cursed and would not yeeld fruite without hard labour Secondly by this seruill worke hee would put him in remembrance of his sinne which brought him to this misery yet afterwards God mitigated his hard labour in freeing euery seuenth yeere from his tillage to put them in mind●… of that ease they lost by sin which was restored again spiritually by Christ. Q. What is meant here by the Cherubins and the siery Sword A. Not fearefull visions nor the torrid Zone nor a fire compassing Paradise like a wall neither the fire of Purgatory as Treodorotus Aquinas Lyranus and Ambrosius doe imagine but by the Cherubins we vnderstand the Angels which did appeare often times with wings as Daniel 1. 9 and the figures of these were wrought in the tabernacle Exo. 25. By the fiery sword we vnderstand most sharpe and two edged swords which the Angels in the forme of men did shake by the which shaking and swift motion the swords did seem to Adam to glister like fire for more terror lest he should attempt re-entrance there the Angels also haue appeared at other times with swords in their hands as we read Numbers 22. of the Angel that met Balaam and of that Angel that Dauid did obserue with a sword in his hand 1. Chro. 21. 16. Q. Why are these Angels called Ch●…rnbins A. Because they did appeare with wings in the Tabernacle and the Temple they were wrought with two wings they appeared to Esay with 6. wings who are called in the 6. of Esay Seraphins because they are inflamed with the loue of God they appeare with wings to signifie there swiftnesse and diligence in executing Gods commandements Questions on the fourth Chapter Q. WHat is the subiect of this Chapter A. Concerning the propagation of mankinde especially of Caine and Abel in who●…e persons were to bee seene the wicked and the Church of God Caine signifieth Possession this is a fit name to the wicked for they seeke nothing else but Possessions and Honours in this world and therefore Came built a Citie so the wicked laboureth to be secure to haue rest and ease in this world But Abel signifieth Vanitio and Sorrow so is the estate of the godly their life hee●…e is but vanitie and they account all things but vanitie their life is sorrow they weepe for their sinnes and for the vanities of this world and because they are persecuted by the posteritie of Caine. Q. When was Caine borne A. After Adam was cast out of Paradise for the●…e ●…ee remained but a short while neyther was it ●…it that in Paradise a place holy and the type of Heauen any carnall copulation which now was sinfull should be committed Q. Why did Eua say I haue obtained a sonne

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

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