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PHIL. I pray you let us hear what the holy scriptures say in this behalf.

PHIL. I praye you lette vs heare what the holye scriptures say in this behalfe.

THEO. We read in the fourth book of Es•ras y• third chap. on this wise. The first Adam bearing a wicked heart did sin, & was overcome, & not only be, but all that were borne of him.¹ Also Ose the Prophet sayeth: They even as Adam have transgressed the covenant & therein have they sinned against me,² that is, saith S. Jerome, upon this text, in Paradise all have sinned against me, even like unto the ⟨image 20⟩sin of Adam For it is no marvel, sayeth he, if that which went before in the father, be also condemned in y• children.³ But I will rehearse to you more scriptures: Of a woman came the beginning of sin,⁴ sayeth the wise man, & by her all w• die. Christ also sayeth, y• which is borne of flesh is flesh. Again, how can ye speak good things,⁵ •hen ye your selves are evil? Also in an other place, every one that doth sin,⁶ is the servant of sin. S. Paul also sayeth: By one man sin entered into this world & by sin death, & so went death tho row all men, in as much as all we have sinned. Again, in Adam all are dead. In another place also he saith all have sinned, & want the glory o God. Therefore David confesseth that he was begotten in sin, & borne in sin. And saint Paul affirmeth plainly, that we are borne by nature the children of wrath. What say ye