On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §464

Man. Post. Cap. VIII: grant non-imputation beatitude; contested origin-vice as proper penalty

The Psalmist testifies in general that one is blessed to whom sin is not imputed—namely, what one either committed or has in oneself; but which sin can rightly be imputed to us, or not imputed, he does not teach. You prove that one to whom sin is imputed is miserable: I concede. You add, if this is true in general of every sin, it is true also of original sin, which we contracted in Adam, and which seems to have had to be said from Adam. I concede this too. You subjoin that that vice of origin is the penalty of the first parents' first sin; and that, since you understand penalty properly so called, is the very thing which is in question between us.

Latin

Testatur Psaltes in genere beatum esse, cui peccatum non imputatur, nempe, quod vel commisit, vel in se habet; quod autem peccatum nobis possit jure imputari, vel non imputari non docet. Probas miserum esse cui peccatum imputatur, Concedo. Addis, si hoc verum est in genere de omni peccato, verum etiam esse de peccato originali, quod in Adamo contraximus, ab Adamo dicendum fuisse videtur. Concedo hoc quoque. Subjicis, vitium illud originis esse poenam primi peccati primorum parentum; id, quoniam poenam proprie dictam intelligis, id ipsum est quod inter nos quaeritur.

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English follows the locked 1661 Saumur Latin of Capita I–XIV partial through Man. Post. 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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