On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §78

Cap. VIII: Inhering vice may oppose liberating justice

For what forbids an inhering vice, insofar as it makes us guilty and worthy of penalty, from being set opposite that justice which frees us from that guilt and penalty — as we have seen the greatest men judged? Not only does nothing forbid it; that very opposition requires it. For κρίμα is from justice, δώρημα from grace. Justice assigns to each only what is his own; grace gives what was otherwise not ours, but another's.

Latin

Quid enim prohibet, vitium inhaerens quatenus nos facit reos & poena dignos ei justitiae opponi, quae nos ab eo reatu & poena liberat, uti vidimus censuisse maximos viros? Id non modo nihil prohibet, sed ipsa illa oppositio exigit. Est enim κρίμα ex justitia, δώρημα ex gratia. Justitia nonnisi suum cuique tribuit; gratia donat id quod alioqui nostrum non erat, sed alienum.

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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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