On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §301

Man. Post. Cap. VI: PLAC mandate vs threat; divine will beyond Scripture tip

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Add that on that account the command would have belonged to Adam one way, the threat another: the former as to the head of the human race, the latter as to a private person; and conversely the threat would have belonged to us, not likewise the command. Finally, why was that covenant not contracted on this condition, that as he sinned, so also he should be punished as head of the human race? If you fall back on the will of God, what need was there of any other answer to these questions than that general one, because God so willed? But see that you do not ascribe to Him a will suited to your own ingenuity, least fitting to His virtues, and beyond Scripture.

Latin

Adde quod ea ratione aliter ad Adamum pertinuisset mandatum, aliter comminatio: illud ut ad caput generis humani, haec ut ad privatam personam: & vice versa ad nos pertinuisset comminatio, non item mandatum. Denique cur non ea conditione contractum est istud foedus, ut quemadmodum peccaret, sic etiam puniretur ut caput generis humani? Si recurras ad voluntatem Dei, quid opus erat ad has quaestiones alia responsione, quam generali ista, quia Deus ita voluit? Sed vide ne ei voluntatem attribuas pro tuo ingenio eius virtutibus minime convenientem, ac praeter Scripturam.

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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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