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On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §478

Man. Post. Cap. IX: Rom 5:12 — sin entered; deny both members; tip before four proofs

You begin from verse 12. It runs thus: through one man sin entered into the world, through sin death, and so death came upon all men, because all sinned the place stands: now let us shake it out. If any argument of that imputation lies hidden in it, that will doubtless fall out either from the words 'sin entered into the world,' or from the following 'through sin death,' or from these eph' ho, or finally from the word 'sinned.' From those words, 'sin entered into the world,' whichever way you turn yourself, you will not elicit anything except this: If by the sin which entered into the world Adam's first actual sin must be understood, and actual sin could not enter into all humans otherwise than by imputation, the consequence is that Adam's first actual sin is imputed to all humans. But the prior is true; Therefore the latter also. I deny both members of the antecedent.

Latin

Ordiris a vers. 12. is sic habet, διʼ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθεν: per unum hominem peccatum in mundum introiit, per peccatum mors, & ita in omnes homines mors pertransiit, eo quod omnes peccaverunt. Sic habet locus: nunc eum excutiamus. Si quod in eo latet argumentum illius imputationis, id proculdubio vel ex verbis peccatum in mundum introiit, vel ex sequentibus per peccatum mors, vel ex his ἐφʼ ᾧ, vel denique ex verbo ἥμαρτον peccaverunt, excidet. Ex verbis illis, peccatum in mundum introiit, quascunque in partes te vertas, non elicies, nisi istud, Si per peccatum, quod in mundum introiit, intelligendum est peccatum primum actuale Adami, & non potuit peccatum actuale introire in omnes homines aliter quam per imputationem, consequens est primum peccatum actuale Adami imputari omnibus hominibus. Atqui prius est verum; Ergo & posterius. Nego utrumque antecedentis membrum.

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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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