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On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §104

Cap. IX: Remaining replies skipped; Levi-in-loins major false if universal

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Three other replies remain, which I judge should be passed over, so as not to weary the reader with a prolixity neither too great nor necessary. I will only add that it does not seem one can conclude from the words "In Abraham Levi was tithed" that that act of Abraham was imputed to Levi. For if it was imputed, and proved by the Apostle by that reason which D. Garissoles asserts is either none, or this — "Whoever is in another's loins as in his original principle, to him may not absurdly be attributed what was done by him in whose loins he was. But Levi was in Abraham's loins as in his original principle. Therefore to Levi may rightly be attributed what is said of Abraham paying tithes to the pontiff Melchizedek" — then there will be no act of the father that cannot rightly be imputed to the son. For since the syllogism is in the first figure, it cannot hold unless the major is true universally. That granted, with the same minor standing, I will conclude: therefore to Levi might rightly be attributed what is said of Abraham believing God, or fleeing into Egypt, or saying of his wife, "She is my sister," and so on. Since, then, from those same premises a conclusion can be drawn which even D. Garissoles himself confesses in chapter 10 § 2 to be false, and the minor is agreed to be true, the major must be false, and alien to the Apostle's mind.

Latin

Superfunt tres aliae responsiones, quas non nimia, nec necessaria, prolixitate taedium afferam lectori, praetermittendas duco, tantum addam, non videri, e verbis In Abrahamo decimatus est Levi, concludi posse, actionem illam Abrahami imputatam fuisse Levi. Nam si fuit imputata, idque probatum est ab Apostolo ea ratione, quam vel nullam esse, aut hanc esse D. G. asserit: Qui est in lumbis alterius, tanquam originarii principii sui, illi non absurde tribuantur quae facta sunt ab eo, in cujus lumbis fuit. Atqui Levi fuit in lumbis Abrahae tanquam originalis sui principii. Ergo recte Levi possunt attribui, quae dicuntur de Abrahamo persolvente decimas Pontifici Melchisedecho, nulla erit patris actio, quae imputari filio recte non possit. Cum enim Syllogismus sit in prima figura, valere non potest, nisi major sit vera universaliter. Quo posito, manente eadem minore, concludam, Ergo recte Levi possent attribui, quae dicuntur de Abrahamo credente Deo, aut fugiente in Aegyptum, aut dicente de uxore soror mea est &c. Cum igitur ex iisdem illis praemissis conclusio effici possit, vel ipso D. Garissolio confitente cap. x. § 2. falsa, & minorem constet esse veram, necesse est ut falsa sit major, & ab Apostoli mente aliena.

About this text

Josue de la Place (Placeus) — Capita I–XIV partial of De imputatione primi peccati Adami from the 1661 Saumur Latin, through Man. Post. Caput X (GAR.1–3 Rom. 5.13 tip) / before PLAC on reatus-only. Honest partial; Cap. X Rom. 5:14+ / ~494 pp Disputatio remain.

English follows the locked 1661 Saumur Latin of Capita I–XIV partial through Man. Post. Caput IX (eph-ho / eph-ho pantes) before eph-ho / eph-ho pantes, reconstructed from IA PDF page images with Vision OCR and pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Cap. IX deepen+ remain.

Catalogue & scope

IA deimputationepri00lapl. Densify: Capita I–XII + Caput XIV + Man. Post. Cap. II–VI through Cap. X Rom. 5:14 tip. Not whole Disputatio; Cap. X Rom. 5:14+ / ~494 pp Disputatio remain.

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