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of_o the_o several_a chapter_n of_o this_o treatise_n chap._n i._o simony_n define_v first_o general_o and_o large_o then_o more_o strict_o pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o definition_n clear_v from_o certain_a objection_n and_o nice_a distinction_n pag._n 4._o chap._n iii_o other_o shift_n and_o evasion_n meet_v withal_o pag._n 6._o chap._n four_o tithe_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n prove_v to_o be_v equal_o sacred_a with_o those_o in_o the_o old_a against_o the_o simonist_n objection_n and_o consequent_o the_o definition_n of_o simony_n conclude_v according_a to_o the_o former_a by_o the_o school_n and_o canon_n pag._n 9_o chap._n v._o other_o start_a hole_n stop_v objection_n answer_v pag._n 14._o chap._n vi_o simonist_n convict_v by_o the_o universal_a voice_n of_o common_a fame_n pag._n 16._o chap._n vii_o a_o demonstration_n of_o simony_n by_o our_o positive_a law_n and_o by_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o confession_n of_o the_o simonist_n himself_o pag._n 20._o chap._n viii_o of_o six_o evasion_n of_o the_o simonist_n whereby_o he_o think_v to_o elude_v the_o oath_n pag._n 26._o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o kind_n of_o the_o simonist_n in_o general_n pag._n 29._o chap._n x._o of_o the_o sundry_a way_n and_o wile_n of_o commit_v simony_n pag._n 37._o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o simony_n commit_v in_o ordination_n pag._n 47._o chap._n xii_o reason_n show_v the_o unreasonableness_n of_o simony_n in_o general_a pag._n 59_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o simony_n particular_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o office_n and_o function_n of_o a_o bishop_n or_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n pag._n 66._o chap._n xiiii_o of_o the_o censure_n and_o penalty_n of_o simony_n and_o simonist_n pag._n 79._o chap._n xv._n of_o
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