On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §436

Man. Post. Cap. VIII: binds posterity when existing, not before; tip before Hypognosticon

I concede freely, however, that it would have bound Adam's posterity at the time they existed; but that at the time they did not exist they were then bound to observe it I can in no way concede. Nature's own law, from which no one can be exempted, does not bind to obedience except those who are in the natural order, and as long as they remain in the natural order. Who have not yet entered into the World are not yet held to observe laws laid down for those who are in the World. The Israelites once received the law in the desert for themselves and their posterity; who would believe that at that time, while they were wandering in the same desert, David, or the Virgin Mary, already then owed to observe that law? Or that therefore the sins of those who first received the law were to be imputed to all posterity even to the consummation of the ages?

Latin

Concedo tamen libenter futurum fuisse ut obligaret posteros Adami quo tempore fuissent, at quo tempore non fuissent, eos tunc ad id observandum fuisse obligatos nullo modo concedere possum. Ipsa naturae lex a qua nemo eximi potest, non obligat ad obedientiam, nisi eos, qui sunt in rerum natura, & quamdiu sunt in rerum natura. Qui nondum sunt in Mundum ingressi, nondum tenentur observare leges latas iis qui sunt in Mundo. Acceperant Israelitae olim legem in deserto pro se & posteris; quis credat eo tempore, quo peregrinabantur in eodem deserto, Davidem, aut Mariam Virginem debuisse iam tunc legem illam observare? aut propterea eorum qui primi legem acceperunt, peccata fuisse posteris imputanda omnibus ad saeculorum usque consummationem?

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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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