On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §324

Man. Post. Cap. VI: Confessio XI inherent vice; GAR unsatisfied tip

We believe this vice is truly sin, which makes all and each of men—little ones not excepted, even while still hiding in their mothers' womb—guilty of eternal death before God. You had seen this reason: why did you not rest in it? It does not satisfy, you say, if someone says they are sinners because stained with sin, and so mortal. That is indeed true, but it must necessarily be admitted that they have no sin except that original, which is not their own sin except insofar as they are sons of Adam; and insofar as sprung and begotten from him, they sinned in him, and his disobedience and guilt is imputed to them. Either I do not understand you, or here you begin to open what you think: that there is no original sin besides that actual sin of Adam imputed to us.

Latin

Credimus hoc vitium esse vere peccatum, quod omnes & singulos homines, ne parvulis quidem exceptis, adhuc in utero matrum delitescentes aeternae mortis reos coram Deo peragat. Videras hanc rationem, cur ei non acquievisti? Non satisfit, inquis, si quis dicat esse peccatores, quia peccato inquinatos, esse mortales. Id quidem verum est, sed necessario admittendum est, eos nullum habere peccatum, nisi illud originale, quod non est peccatum ipsorum, nisi quatenus sunt filii Adami; & quatenus ab ipso orti & procreati, in ipso peccaverunt, & inobedientia & culpa illius ipsis imputatur. Aut te non intelligo, aut hic incipis quod sentis aperire, nullum esse peccatum originale praeter illud actuale Adami nobis imputatum.

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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.

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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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