Chapter 7: Resp. 2 — ἐν ᾧ confession and arguing from adversaries' hypotheses
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Response 2.Here the confession of the learned man is to be noted: that if 'in which' had been said, the imputation of sin could have been concluded thence manifestly, as expressly commemorated.So he condemns the instance of a later writing against this is pretended that even if you render "in which," still nothing can be gathered thence for the cause of imputation.I marvel at the shrewdness (ἀγχίνοιαν) of the learned man, who does not see that the author of that reason spoke thus not from his own mind but from the mind of those against whom he was disputing.For so it befits one who argues to dispute from the adversaries' hypotheses rather than from his own; otherwise he will advance nothing.
Latin
Resp. 2. Hic notandam confessionem viri Docti: Si dictum fuisset ἐν ᾧ, imputationem peccati inde manifeste concludi potuisse, quippe diserte commemoratam. Ita enim instantiam posterioris scripti contra hanc imputationem damnat, ubi pretenditur, etiamsi vertas, in quo, inde tamen nihil colligi posse pro causa imputationis. Miror ἀγχίνοιαν viri docti, non videntis autorem illius rationis non ex sua, sed ex eorum, contra quos disputabat, mente sic fuisse locutum. Ita enim argumentantem decet ex Adversariorum hypothesibus, potius quam ex suis ipsius, disputare, alioqui nihil promoturum.