On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §46

Cap. VII: Resp. 2 — ἐν ᾧ confession and arguing from adversaries' hypotheses

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Response 2. Here the confession of the learned man is to be noted: that if ἐν ᾧ had been said, the imputation of sin could have been concluded thence manifestly, as expressly commemorated. So he condemns the instance of a later writing against this imputation, where it is pretended that even if you render "in which," still nothing can be gathered thence for the cause of imputation. I marvel at the shrewdness (ἀγχίνοιαν) of the learned man, who does not see that the author of that reason spoke thus not from his own mind but from the mind of those against whom he was disputing. For so it befits one who argues to dispute from the adversaries' hypotheses rather than from his own; otherwise he will advance nothing.

Latin

Resp. 2. Hic notandam confessionem viri Docti: Si dictum fuisset ἐν ᾧ, imputationem peccati inde manifeste concludi potuisse, quippe diserte commemoratam. Ita enim instantiam posterioris scripti contra hanc imputationem damnat, ubi pretenditur, etiamsi vertas, in quo, inde tamen nihil colligi posse pro causa imputationis. Miror ἀγχίνοιαν viri docti, non videntis autorem illius rationis non ex sua, sed ex eorum, contra quos disputabat, mente sic fuisse locutum. Ita enim argumentantem decet ex Adversariorum hypothesibus, potius quam ex suis ipsius, disputare, alioqui nihil promoturum.

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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