On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §98

Cap. IX: Roses vs stones; tithes harmless, Adam's sin supreme evil — before Responsio 2

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If someone throws roses at a passer-by, nothing absurd will follow: for these barely harm. Does it follow likewise that if someone throws stones or mud at a passer-by, nothing absurd will follow? But the payment of tithes stands as a rose that could not harm Levi; Adam's sin, however, stands not only as a stone, but as the supreme evil. It will not therefore have been alien to justice if the payment of tithes made by Abraham is attributed to Levi, because it neither harmed him nor could harm him. Does it follow from that that it is not alien to justice if the sin committed by Adam is attributed to his posterity, and so the greatest evil is inflicted on them? There is not much need of other replies; yet D. Garissoles assigns us four others, which he perhaps drew out of what he calls the Prior Manuscript, and tries at great length to refute — but, after his manner, with an unhappy attempt.

Latin

Si quis in praetereuntem rosas projiciat, nihil sequetur absurdi: hae enim minime nocent. An ergo similiter, si quis in praetereuntem lapides aut lutum projiciat, nihil sequetur absurdi? Se habet autem solutio decimarum ut rosa quae non potuit nocere Levi: At peccatum Adami non solum ut lapis, sed ut summum malum. Non fuerit igitur alienum a justitia, si solutio decimarum ab Abrahamo facta tribuatur Levi; quia id ei nullo modo nocuit, aut nocere potuit: An sequitur inde, non esse alienum a justitia, si peccatum ab Adamo commissum ejus posteris tribuatur, atque ita malum maximum illis inferatur? Non admodum opus est aliis responsionibus; quatuor tamen alias nobis D. Garissolius tribuit, quas fortasse ex Priore, quod vocat, Manuscripto exprompsit, & prolixe admodum refellere conatur, sed, pro suo more, conatu infoelici.

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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.

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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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