Verse 1
The sinful father of mankind
Could only sinful men beget,
Hence our whole race to ill inclin’d
Th’ offence original repeat,
In Adam’s fallen likeness born
We eat the interdicted tree,
Our will from our Creator turn,
And all thro’ pride as Gods would be.
Verse 2
Born of the flesh, to flesh alone
Our vile, corrupt affections cleave,
Our reason sensualiz’d we own,
To the desires of men we live;
Carnal alike in heart and mind,
Flesh, only flesh, ourselves we know,
And no good thing in us we find,
Till Thou, O Christ, thy Spirit bestow.