On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §467

Man. Post. Cap. VIII: Abraham justified by faith — no path to Adam-imputation

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To firm this reason of yours you cite the Apostle's reasoning proving that Abraham was justified because he believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. Who would ever have hoped that from there it could be effected that Adam's first actual sin is immediately imputed to all humans, and indeed unto this penalty, namely hereditary corruption? For this is our question, whose affirmation was formally to be concluded by you. You must indeed be subtle, and a wondrous craftsman of arguments, who can fashion that imputation from places of this kind.

Latin

Ad firmandam hanc tuam rationem citas ratiocinationem Apostoli probantis Abrahamum fuisse justificatum, quia credidit Deo, & imputatum est ei ad justitiam. Quis unquam sperasset inde posse effici, primum peccatum actuale Adami omnibus hominibus imputari immediate, & quidem ad hanc poenam, corruptionem scilicet haereditariam? Nam haec est nostra quaestio, cujus affirmatio tibi formaliter concludenda fuit. Subtilem profecto te esse oportet, ac mirum artificem argumentorum, qui ex huiusmodi locis conficere illam imputationem possis.

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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