used for very much the same purpose by Amyraldus and Baxter in the preceding century, while, perhaps, for the same cause their speculations were far more innocent. The characteristic interest of the professors of Saumur was speculative, while that of the “Marrow men” was practical and moral. The one party was composed of professors of theology, the other of preachers of the gospel. The one sought to define the order of the Divine Decrees, the other sought to establish firmly the Warrant of Faith.