My pastor recently mentioned in Bible Study that reading through reformers he finds a reference to Adam's original state of probation (which comes to an end after a certain period of time), he does not see how that view is supported by Scripture.

I looked through Dabney's Systematic Theology and notice that in the section where Dabney talks of timeliness of Adam's probation all his proofs are more philosophical in nature. He relies more on the general justice of God then a compilation of Biblical text.

Can any of you suggest an article or a book on this subject?