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

Cap. VIII: Inhering vice may oppose liberating justice

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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.

About this text

Josue de la Place (Placeus) — Capita I–XIV partial of De imputatione primi peccati Adami from the 1661 Saumur Latin, through Man. Post. Caput X (GAR.1–3 Rom. 5.13 tip) / before PLAC on reatus-only. Honest partial; Cap. X Rom. 5:14+ / ~494 pp Disputatio remain.

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.

Witnesses

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