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

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, Heb. 7. 9, 10. Leui is said to haue payd Tithes, because ⟨p. 237⟩Abraham, in whose loynes hee was when hee met Melchisedeck, payd Tithes vnto him. Which makes Adams sinne the greater, in that he murdered not himselfe, but all that come from him. And this is the first sinne of all Man-kinde, that Adams eating of the forbidden fruit, with all the sinnes that did accompanie it, is our eating, and we guiltie of the same offences, which is a sinne foraine and without vs.