But real, and hereditary was:
The guilt whereof, and punishment to all,
By Course of Nature, and of Law doth pass.
For as that easy law was given to all!
To ancestor and heir! to first and last!
So was the first transgression general;
And All did pluck the fruit! and All did taste!
Of this, we find some footsteps in our Law,
Which doth her root from GOD and Nature take.
Ten thousand men she doth together draw,