at  Cambridge,  maintained  substantial!}^  the  following
propositions  :  i.  That  the  patriarchs  had  a  Sabbath-
day,  as  held  by  many  Biblical  scholars,  and  made  prob-
able from  the  Mosaic  account  of  the  creation.  2.  The
heathen  inherited  the  Sabbath  from  the  patriarchs,  as
made  probable  from  the  origin  of  the  Sabbath  at  the
birth  of  the  race,  but  perverted  afterward  into  sun-
woiship  and  idolatry.  3.  That  the  patriarchs  and
lieathen  together  represented  the  world.  4.  That  the
Jewish  Sabbath,  that  falls  on  our  Saturday,  was  chosen
peculiarly  for  a  temporary  covenant  and  a  temporary
dispensation  ;  and  that  on  the  annulling  of  such  tem-
porary covenant  and  dispensation  the  original  Sab-
bath, i.e.  the  "dies  soils,"  was  restored  to  its  dignity.
