On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §439

Man. Post. Cap. VIII: a fortiori never-could-live; interdict silence on posterity

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What then would he say of that time when the little child not only was not living life, but could not even live; and of a sin which it not only did not do, but never could do? But if by the Apostle's example in the Epistles to the Galatians and to the Hebrews we wish carefully to weigh Scripture's words and silence, what reason is there why we should not observe that in the Interdict, in the sentence pronounced to Adam after the interdict was violated, no mention of posterity was made? God already then took care, to be sure, lest he should offer you any handle for sensing concerning his justice as you do.

Latin

Quid ergo diceret de eo tempore quum puerulus non modo vita non vivebat, sed ne poterat quidem vivere; deque peccato quod non modo non fecit, sed neque potuit unquam facere? Quod si Apostoli exemplo in Epistolis ad Gal. & ad Heb. velimus Scripturae verba & silentium accurate perpendere, quid est quamobrem non observemus in Interdicto, in sententia post violatum interdictum Adamo pronunciata nullam esse posteritatis factam mentionem? Cavit nimirum Deus jam tum, ne vobis ullam praeberet ansam ita de justitia sua, ut facitis, sentiendi.

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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