I. The preference of marriage to a single life
II. The arguments for and against a plurality of wives and concubines
III. The authority of parents and governors, in regulating or restraining marriages
IV. The power of husbands and the privileges of wives
V. The nature of divorce, and in what cases it is allowable
VI. The reasons of prohibiting marriage within certain degrees
VII. The manner of contracting Espousais, and what engagements and promises of marriage are binding
VIII. The penalties incurred by forcible and clandestine marriages, and the consequences attending marriage solemnized by the dissenters.