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.

Q. Of what people was Iauan the father?

A. Of the Greeks, a people sometime in∣famous for their inconstancy and vanity, yet glorious for their lawes and gouernment, their arts and sciences, their mightie townes and cities, for the Monarchie of the world that was stablished the•…•…, but especially for the light of the Gospell, but now in stead of science there is nothing but ignorance, in stead of ciuility, light and liberty; barbarity, darkenesse and thraldome haue seated them∣selues there, so that they haue forgot to speak their owne language, and where the Muses sometimes did raigne, now there is not a schoole to be seen. First, they were a free peo∣ple, till they warred one with another, then they were made seruants; for Cyrus, Xerxes and other persian Kings did vexe them; the Macedonians did subdue them, afterward the Romans, then the Empire being deuided, they became to be vnder Constantinople, till the Gothes, Bulgares and Saracens had wasted them; and at last they are subdued and liue in slauery vnder the Turke the Christians scourge, except a few Ilands subiect to the Venetians. The Grecian King is resembled by a Goate, Dan. 8. 21. vnto the Grecians the Israe∣lites were sold. Ioel 3. 6.