On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §314

Man. Post. Cap. VI: PLAC not any first act — why deficient over non-deficient

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PLAC. Therefore that disobedience of Adam is not imputed to us insofar as it is an act of Adam: for many other acts of his are not imputed; nor insofar as it is his first act—for it was not absolutely first, but only first in its kind; nor insofar as it is in its kind the first act of nature—for that also fits other acts; but insofar as it is an act of a failing nature. Now this is asked: why ought an act of a failing nature rather be imputed to us than an act of a nature not failing? For that, as I see, is from the failing of nature, not from nature itself. For what reason, when the rest are equal, should evil rather be imputed to us than good?

Latin

PLAC. Non igitur imputatur nobis inobedientia illa Adami, qua est actus Adami: alii enim multi eius actus non imputantur: nec qua est primus eius actus, non enim absolute primus fuit, sed tantum in suo genere, nec qua est in suo genere primus actus naturae; hoc enim aliis quoque actibus convenit, sed qua est actus naturae deficientis. Iam hoc quaeritur, quare actus naturae deficientis nobis potius imputari debeat, quam actus naturae non deficientis? id enim, ut video, a defectione est naturae, non ab ipsa natura. Quid est enim cur, cum caetera sunt paria, malum potius nobis imputetur, quam bonum?

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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