On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §217

Man. Post. Cap. IV: tree of life — continuation of sanctity not promised

On the same plural 'chayyim'm'm' you would have the tree of life give Adam a sure hope of continuing these lives. It could not give a sure hope of continuing the sanctity in which you place spiritual life. God was requiring that continuance from Adam, not promising it to him. Had He promised it, He would beyond doubt have made Adam unable to sin—for the promise would have been absurd: I will make you persevere in sanctity and justice, provided you do not sin.

Latin

Eodem nixus plurali חַיִּים vis arborem vitae certam spem fecisse Adamo harum vitarum continuandarum. Atqui non potuit certam spem fecisse continuandae sanctitatis, in qua vitam spiritualem ponis. Hanc enim continuationem Deus ab Adamo exigebat, non ipsi promittebat: qui si eam promisisset, fecisset procul dubio Adamum impeccabilem: fuisset enim promissio ridicula, efficiam ut perseveres in sanctitate & justitia, modo ne pecces.

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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.

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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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