The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

A fourth thing in this temptation of Satan, is, that he used the woman as an instrument to seduce the man. The last Actors were Adam and Eve themselves, who through weakness, but voluntary, and of their own free-will, gave place to this temptation.

A fourth thing in this temptation of Satan, is, that he vsed the woman as an instrument to seduce the man. The last Actors were Adam and Eue themselues, who through weaknesse, but voluntarie, and of their owne free-will, gaue place to this temptation.

The third thing I observe in the fall of man, is, That in Adam and Eve all Mankind did fall, he being considered not as one private man, but as the father of all men, and sustaining the public person of Mankind. And therefore we all have part in his transgression: As the Apostle saith, Rom. 5. 12. In whom all men sinned: because we are his Off-spring and Posterity, and were in his loins when he offended. According whereunto, Heb. 7. 9, 10. Levi is said to have paid Tithes, because ⟨p. 237⟩Abraham, in whose loins he was when he met Melchizedek, paid Tithes unto him. Which makes Adams sin the greater, in that he murdered not himself, but all that come from him. And this is the first sin of all Man-kind, that Adams eating of the forbidden fruit, with all the sins that did accompany it, is our eating, and we guilty of the same offences, which is a sin foreign and without us.

The third thing I obserue in the fall of man, is, That in Adam and Eue all Mankind did fall, he being considered not as one priuate man, but as the father of all men, and sustayning the publike person of Mankinde. And therefore wee all haue part in his transgression: As the Apostle saith, Rom. 5. 12. In whom all men sinned: because we are his Off-spring and Posteritie, and were in his loynes when hee offended. According whereunto,