On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §39

Cap. VII Accedamus: ἐφ᾽ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον — second place on the words

Let us now approach, he says, in the second place to the illustrious words "in that all sinned" (on whichichich πάντες ἥμαρτον) (Romans 5:12), which alone were able to suffice for establishing the doctrine of imputation. (How false this is will soon be clear.) For so, he says, the Apostle signifies that all men whatsoever who were, are, or are to be unto the end of the age sinned in Adam when he sinned. (Whether he signifies that, we shall soon see.) And so whoever of the ancients or of the more recent who have treated of this imputation have all confirmed that doctrine especially in this place. He prudently added the limitation "whoever have treated of this imputation." For both Calvin and Martyr and other greatest men did not confirm that doctrine in this place — men who would without doubt have confirmed it if they had believed that imputation to be taught by those words. That cloud of witnesses by which he strives to obscure the light of truth we shall, God granting, scatter in its own place. Now let us consider the matter itself with him.

Latin

Accedamus iam, inquit, secundo loco ad verba illustria ἐφ᾽ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον, quae vel sola potuerunt ad doctrinam de imputatione stabiliendam sufficere. (Hoc quam sit falsum mox clarum fiet.) Nam ita significat Apostolus, omnes omnino homines, qui fuerunt, sunt, aut futuri sunt usque ad finem seculi, in Adamo peccante peccavisse. (An id significet mox videbimus.) Itaque quicunque veterum aut Recentiorum de imputatione hac egerunt, illi omnes hoc praesertim loco doctrinam illam confirmarunt. Prudenter addidit limitationem quicunque de imputatione hac egerunt. Nam et Calvinus, et Martyr, et alii maximi viri doctrinam illam hoc loco non confirmarunt, confirmaturi sine dubio, si imputationem illam verbis illis doceri credidissent. Nubem illam testium, qua lucem veritatis obscurare nititur, Deo dante, suo loco dissipabimus. Nunc cum eo rem ipsam consideremus.

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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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