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On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §96

Cap. IX: Theses syllogism — immediate imputation unprovable from Rom. 5 / Heb. 7

Yet Placeus pressed in the Theses on the state of fallen man before grace that one no more gathers from this that Adam's sin is imputed to us than one can gather that Abraham's sins, or his faith and good works, were imputed to the same Levi — which yet nobody will say were imputed to him. D. Garissoles confesses this; but he denies that so many and so great theologians use this Apostolic testimony in the present business for that end. "For," he says, "nobody gathers from it directly that Adam's sin is imputed to us." Placeus therefore has what he wanted: immediate imputation (and from Thesis vii it is plain he is treating that alone) cannot be proved from this place. For he had argued thus: Whatever doctrine belonging to religion cannot be proved from the sacred letters is to be rejected. The doctrine of the immediate imputation of Adam's actual disobedience cannot be proved from the sacred letters. Therefore it is to be rejected. The major cannot be called in doubt by a Reformed man. He proved the minor thus: If there are any sacred letters from which that imputation can be proved, they are sought chiefly from Romans 5:12 and following, and from Hebrews 7:9–10. But from those places that imputation cannot be proved. Therefore it cannot be proved from the sacred letters.

Latin

Pertendit tamen Placeus in Thesibus de statu hominis lapsi ante Gratiam, non magis inde colligi Adami peccatum nobis imputari, quam colligi potest, aut peccata Abrahami, aut ejus fidem & bona opera eidem Levi imputata fuisse, quae tamen ei imputata fuisse nemo dixerit. Hoc confitetur D. Garissolius: Sed negat eo fine hoc Apostolicum Testimonium a tot & tantis Theologis in hoc negotio usurpari. Non enim, inquit, inde directe quisquam colligit Adami peccatum nobis imputari. Habet igitur Placeus quod voluit, imputationem immediatam (de qua sola eum agere patet ex Th. vii.) non posse probari ex hoc loco. Ille enim sic argumentabatur. Quae doctrina ad religionem spectans non potest probari ex sacris literis, ea est reijcienda. Doctrina de imputatione immediata inobedientiae actualis Adami non potest probari ex sacris literis. Ergo est reijcienda. Major non potest a Reformato vocari in dubium. Minor ab eo sic probabatur. Si quae sunt sacrae literae, ex quibus illa imputatio probari possit, illae petuntur praecipue ex cap. V. Epist. ad Rom. verf. 12. & seqq. & Hebr. vii. verf. 9. 10. Sed ex illis locis non potest illa imputatio probari. Ergo non potest probari ex sacris literis.

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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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