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On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §164

Man. Post. Cap. II: Garissoles — action with corruption imputed; Placeus ὀράματα 1–2 (mediate only)

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Garissoles. First we may congratulate the excellent theologian on his confession: though he denies that Adam's first act, by which he broke God's command, is imputed to posterity if we view it precisely and apart, he still grants that it is imputed when taken together with the corruption it produced. From this it surely follows that Adam's criminal act itself is imputed to posterity: for what is imputed when viewed jointly with something else is not for that reason less imputed. And if Adam's act is imputed not taken precisely but together with the following corruption, anyone can see that all the reasons learned men have used against imputing Adam's act are to be wiped out at a stroke. For if those reasons prove anything, they prove that we cannot be guilty for another's disobedience and unjust act imputed to us—whether taken alone or together with some other act or habit. But if it stands fixed that Adam's act, taken with the corruption it produced, is imputed to each of his posterity, peace will easily be made. Placeus. In the praise with which this excellent theologian honors me—unworthy as I am—I recognize charity's judgment. In the rest of his words four ὀράματα (phantasms) appear to me. First, he pins on me an opinion that is not mine. I never denied that Adam's criminal act itself is imputed to his posterity. I never said we cannot in any way be guilty for Adam's disobedience. I only denied that that act is imputed to posterity immediately, and that we are guilty for it immediately. That it is imputed mediately, and that we are guilty for it mediately—that is, through the corruption descending from it into us—I have said, repeated, and pressed so often that it is strange a learned man should have gone deaf to words so often spoken.

Latin

GAR. Primum quidem est, quod suam praestanti Theologo confessionem gratuemur, qui, etsi negat imputari posteris primam illam Adae actionem, qua Dei mandatum violavit, si eam praecise ac seorsim spectemus; agnoscit tamen illam imputari, acceptam simul cum corruptione quam peperit. Hoc enim inde certo consequitur, ergo ipsam criminosam Adami actionem posteris imputari: quoniam quod simul et conjunctim cum alio spectatum imputatur, non eo tantum minus imputari censendum est. Jam vero si Adami actio, non praecise sumpta, sed simul cum corruptione consequenti, imputatur; nemo non videt, eas omnes rationes una veluti litura expungendas, quibus adversus actionis Adamicae imputationem hactenus Viri Docti disputarunt. Illae enim omnes id efficiunt, si quid efficiunt, nos nullo modo esse posse reos propter inobedientiam et actionem injustam alterius nobis imputatam, sive praecise, sive una cum alio vel actu, vel habitu illam considerare libeat. Illud autem si fixum maneat, actionem Adami simul cum corruptione, quam peperit, acceptam unicuique posterorum imputari, pax facile componetur. PLAC. In elogio praestantis theologi, quo me ornat indignum, judicium charitatis agnosco. In reliquis ejus verbis quatuor mihi apparent ὀράματα. Primum enim sententiam mihi tribuit, quae mea non est. Nunquam enim negavi ipsam criminosam actionem Adami posteris ejus imputari. Nunquam affirmavi nos nullo modo esse posse reos propter inobedientiam Adami. Tantummodo negavi illam actionem posteris imputari immediate, et nos esse reos propter illam immediate. Nam illam imputari mediate, propter illam nos esse reos mediate, id est, mediante corruptione ab illa in nos descendente, ego toties dixi, repetiui, inculcavi, ut mirum sit virum doctum ad has meas voces toties iteratas obsurduisse.

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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