On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §221

Man. Post. Cap. IV: PLAC — omitted paradise words; condition ≠ promised justice

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So Amyraut had inserted the words "constituted in the state of integral nature," and had added "and those things to be enjoyed in the earthly paradise"—why the learned man omitted them I leave others to judge. They clearly presuppose conservation of nature's moral integrity and promise continuance of the remaining goods to be enjoyed in the earthly paradise.

To prove the denied minor: if God threatened Adam, as penalty, with loss or privation of original justice, then as reward He was promising non-loss—conservation—of that justice. How then could Adam lose it? "He promised under a condition," you say. Which? If he persevered in integrity and justice? Remained obedient to God? Did not sin? Call it what you will: it is the same as the thing promised, and the condition of the promise is confused with the thing promised.

Latin

Itaque inseruerat haec verba, in statu integrae naturae constituti, & subiunxerat ista eaque in paradiso Terrestri fruenda, quae cur sint a Viro Docto omissa, aliis judicandum relinquo. Innuunt certe supponi integritatis moralis Naturae conservationem, promitti reliquorum omnium bonorum in paradiso Terrestri fruendorum continuationem. Nam, ut Minorem negatam probem, si comminabatur Deus Adamo tanquam poenam, amissionem seu privationem justitiae originalis, certe pollicebatur tanquam praemium, non-amissionem seu conservationem justitiae originalis, quomodo igitur fieri potuit ut eam Adamus amitteret? Pollicebatur, inquies, sub conditione. Quanam? si perseveraret in integritate & justitia? Si permaneret in obedientia erga Deum? Si non peccaret? Quocunque nomine eam voces, idem erit cum re promissa, & conditio promissionis cum re promissa confundetur.

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.

Witnesses

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