On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §660

Man. Post. Cap. X: PLAC — Rom. 5.13 usque ad legem; γάρ links; I concede the major

For, says the Apostle, Until the law sin was in the world. But sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Thus, you say, I argue from this saying of the Apostle.

That sin of which the Apostle speaks in the immediately preceding verse is that sin which was in the world until the law, as is plain from the sequel and texture of the words, especially from that particle γάρ, which is causal.

This I concede, and I ask that you remember it, for it is true, and highly useful for overturning your opinion and establishing mine.

Latin

Nam, inquit Apostolus, Usque ad legem peccatum erat in mundo. Peccatum vero non imputatur, quum nulla lex est. Sic, inquis, ex hoc dicto Apostoli argumentor. Peccatum illud, de quo loquitur Apostolus versu immediate praecedenti, est peccatum illud quod fuit in mundo usque ad legem, ut patet ex sequela & textura verborum, maxime ex illa particula γάρ, quae est rationalis. Hoc concedo, & ut memineris rogo, nam & verum est, & ad tuam sententiam evertendam, meam autem firmandam apprime utile.

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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.

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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