The justice of the present establish'd law, which gives the successor in any ecclesiastical benefice or promotion, all the profits from the day of avoidance, justified; And a Proposal that hath been offered for making an Alteration in it, in favour of the Predecessor fully Examined, and shown to be contrary to Charity, Justice, the Good of the Church, and Interest even of those Ministers themselves, for whose sake this Alteration is pretended to be endeavoured. The Practice of Patrons in taking upon them to dispose of the Fruits of their Vacant Churches to the Widows or Children of deceased Ministers, shown to be Simoniacal, Sacrilegious, and Oppressive. And a new Proposal offered, how best to provide for the Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen deceased.

Date:

MDCCIII. [1703]