On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §370

Man. Post. Cap. VII: GAR example only shows not absurd; PLAC mediate vs immediate

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GAR. I answer first: there is no need here of such singular heads of the similitude; provided only we obtain by this example that men need not think the doctrine of the imputation of the first sin contains anything that is deservedly to be held absurd or iniquitous. For why should they ascribe injustice to God's decree who do not ascribe it to human judges' decrees in a case of treason? That being obtained, it matters little to the cause now treated whether Adam's sin-imputation stands otherwise than the traitors' sin-imputation or not. Nor are we those who think everything in both is alike. PLAC. If he speaks of a mediate imputation of the first sin, I can easily teach that it contains nothing absurd or iniquitous. But if of an immediate, I deny that can be obtained by this example, since it is exceedingly unlike—and by that very unlikeness which most of all bears on the matter treated.

Latin

GAR. Respondeo 1. nihil hic opus esse singularibus eiusmodi similitudinis capitibus; dummodo id obtineamus hoc exemplo, non esse quod putent homines, doctrinam de imputatione primi peccati continere aliquid, quod merito habendum sit pro absono aut iniquo. Cur enim decreto Dei injustitiam adscribant, qui judicum humanorum decretis in causa perduellionis non adscribunt? Eo impetrato, parum interest ad causam quae nunc agitur, secusne habeat, necne, imputatio peccati Adae, quam imputatio peccati perduellium. Nec vero nos ii sumus, qui putemus esse in utraque omnia similia. PLAC. Si de imputatione primi peccati mediata loquitur, facile doceam nihil continere absoni aut iniqui. Sin de immediata, nego id posse hoc exemplo obtineri, cum sit admodum dissimile, & quidem ea dissimilitudine, qua maxime ad rem facit de qua agitur.

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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