On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §163

Man. Post. Cap. II: mode-2 propagation; consensus if hereditary corruption truly sin; Rom 5:12; Plac. on Gar.

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The same holds for the second sense: as truly as Adam's sin is said to have passed into us—derived, transmitted, propagated—so truly it is said to be imputed to us. But it was propagated not as a passing act, but as lasting viciousness; not as the sin of a person, but as the sin of nature; not as something that once ceased to exist, but as what clings to human nature and is multiplied and propagated with it. And as my nature, derived from Adam, differs numerically from Adam's nature, so the sin derived and propagated from Adam differs numerically from Adam's sin. Thus far, unless I am mistaken, we are in full agreement—provided you will not deny that hereditary corruption is truly a sin to be imputed to the unregenerate, or rather to be imputed unto condemnation. If you deny that, a third controversy rises between us; and though it could be settled by its own arguments, they will not be needed: once Socinus's, Pelagius's, and Pighius's exceptions are answered (as I did in the Theses), we must admit that the whole condemnation Paul presses in Romans 5:12 arises proximately from that corruption alone which flowed from Adam's fall. Placeus. Master Garissoles works up these three last senses of Adam's sin strangely—to what end I do not know. It helps neither the state of the question nor the cause he urges, and only wastes the reader's time. What fault does he find in the distinction of the name? That it is false? Not at all. That there is no consensus on the point? By no means. What then is he doing? Hear him.

Latin

Idem de secundo modo dicendum: quam enim vere dicitur peccatum Adami in nos transiisse, derivatum, transmissum, propagatum esse, tam vere etiam dicitur nobis imputari. Propagatum est autem, non qua fuit actio transiens, sed qua fuit vitiositas permanens, non qua fuit peccatum personae, sed qua fuit peccatum naturae, non qua olim esse desiit in rerum natura, sed qua naturae humanae adhaeret, cumque ea multiplicatur et propagatur. Porro ut natura mea propagata et derivata ab Adamo differt numero a natura Adami, sic peccatum ab Adamo derivatum et propagatum differt numero a peccato Adami. Hactenus, nisi me fallit animus, inter nos summus est consensus, modo nolis negare corruptionem haereditariam esse vere peccatum irregenitis imputabile, vel potius imputandum ad condemnationem. Quod si id neges, haec tertia exorietur inter me et te controversia, qua quamvis propriis argumentis confici poterit, tamen iis nihil opus erit: nam refutatis (quod feci in Thesibus) exceptionibus Socini, Pelagii, et Pighii, necesse est fateri, universam illam condemnationem, quam Apostolus ad Rom. v.12. inculcat, ex sola illa corruptione, quae a lapsu Adami fluxit, proxime enasci. PLAC. Has tres ultimas peccati Adamici acceptiones D. Gar. mirum in modum exagitat: qua mente? nescio. Nihil enim id juvat statum questionis, aut causam quam agit, et Lectorem inutiliter moratur. Quid enim in ea nominis distinctione reprehendit? Num eam falsitatis arguit? minime. Num negat in ea re consensum esse? nequaquam. Quid ergo agit? ipsum audi.

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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