Excerpt from Missarum Sacrificia: Testimonies of English Divines in Respect of the Claim of the 'Massing-Priests' to Offer Christ for the Quick and the Dead to Have Remission of Pain or Guilt; With an Introduction The purpose of the following compilation is to show the contrast between the tradition of the English Reformed Church and the doctrine which is unhappily being loudly proclaimed by some in her name. There are those among us who are learning to think and to say, 'there has always in the Church of England been a party opposed to Puritanism. Why should we not be willing to welcome such a party now? We cannot make nice distinctions.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.