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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53579	The witch of Endor, or, The witchcrafts of the Roman Jesebel in which you have an account of the exorcisms or conjurations of the papists, as they be set forth in their agends, benedictionals, manuals, missals, journals, portasses, which they use in their churches concerning the hallowing of the water, salt, bread, candles, boughs, fire, ashes, incense, pascal lamb, eggs, herbs, milk, honey, apples, wine, cheese, butter, new baked bread, flesh, font, marrying ring, pilgrims wallet, staff, cross, sword, &c. : proposed and offered to the consideration of all sober Protestants / by Titus Otes.	Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.	1679 (1679)	Wing O62; ESTC R16959	54,855	50

prayeth God to put to his blessing that they may bring unto men health both of body and soul not only upon the Land but also upon the Water that is to say in every place that the sanctified Candle may be known to be a perfect Saviour in all places universally O abomination O blasphemy The mean to bring this matter to pass he allegeth to be the invocation of God's most holy Name as the Charmers Conjurers and Witches do likewise But lest that the invocation of God's most holy Name should not seem to suffice in this behalf as though there were an insufficiency in the same he straightway subjoineth and addeth the intercession of our Lady and the Prayers of all the Saints in Heaven But where hath the Papist learned in God's Book the Intercession of Saints Or where hath he any Scripture to shew that they Pray either for us or for the Candles God alone is to be invocated and called upon in the Name of our only alone Mediator yea and that according to his Will and not after the foolish fancies of Men. And as God alone is to be called upon in spirit and truth so likewise he alone heareth our Prayers and granteth our Petitions All other Invocations and Intercessions are but the idle inventions of Men sprung up of a blind Zeal without authority of God's Word and to say truth meer Idolatry After these and such like Benedictions and Prayers the Candles are sprinkled with holy Water and incensed that nothing should want unto the perfect salvation of them But whether this be false Worshiping or Conjuring or Idolatry or Superstition or Foolishness to incense dead Creatures and to make sweet Perfumes to them that smell nothing let others judge All these things I am sure are but apish toies devised only to blear the simple peoples eyes and to keep them still in blindness that they being occupied about such trifles may have no leisure to spy out the jugling of the Papists God confound Antichrist with his whole Generation These things being dispatched the Candles are lighted and every man taking his Candle and the Priest his with merry singing of Lumen ad revelationem gentium and Nunc Dimittis servum tuum domine Then the Priest holds up his Candle and all the People their Candles and about the Church-yard they go the Prior of Prickelingham and his Covent meerly singing and talking as merry as Pope John with all his College of Cardinals After Even-song the same day distribution is made of the Priest's Candle by the Priest to the People every one taking their Portion in a fair Napkin as a Relique and Jewel so holy so precious and of so incomparable virtue that they think themselves unworthy to touch it with their bare hands These pieces of the Candle they bear home and lay up daintily in their Coffers If any Thunder or Lightning or any other grievous Tempest arise then straightway they light their Candles with this faith and persuasion That that Candle being once lighted driveth away the Devil quieteth the Tempests and bringeth health and safegard to so many as are in the house Again When any sick person is like to depart then this Candle is also lighted and the sick man blessed therewith with this belief That if he be blessed with that holy Candle before he depart he shall be free from all the Assaults of the Devil and the sooner come unto everlasting joy Of Holy Boughs otherwise called Palms NOw as touching the Boughs Branches and Flowers which on Palm-sunday are exorcised conjured bewitched and charmed in the Churches of the Papists First of all before this matter be enterprised because all things should orderly be done the sacrificing Priest is commanded to array himself with a red Cope and then to stand upon the third step of the Altar turning him toward the South Secondly the Palms with the Flowers that shall serve for the Clerks shall be laid aside upon the Altar as for persons of a greater dignity and more excellency than the common sort of People Thirdly as touching the other Palms and Flowers which shall serve for the Laity they shall be laid on the step of the Altar on the South-side All these things set in most comely order at last the Sorcerer falleth to his business and saith I conjure thee thou Creature of Flowers and Branches in the Name ✚ of God the Father Almighty and in the Name ✚ of Jesus Christ his Son our Lord and in the virtue ✚ of the holy Ghost Therefore be thou rooted out and displaced from this Creature of Flowers and Branches all the strength of the adversary all thou Host of the Devil and all thou power of the Enemy even every assault of Devils That thou overtake not the footsteps of them that hast unto the Grace of God Through him that shall come to judge the quick and the dead and the World by fire Amen As we have before heard in the Conjurations of Salt and Water how busie the sacrificing Sorcerer was to dispatch the Devil and all his power out of the aforesaid Salt and Water through his wicked and divelish Incantations even so playeth he now with the poor Boughs and silly Flowers I conjure thee saith he But I beseech you where ever did Christ ordain the Ministers of the New Testament Conjurers Antichrist indeed hath his Conjurers Sorcerers Charmers Witches South-sayers Enchanters Sacrificers c. but Christ in his Ministry knoweth no such Therefore whereas the Popish Priests take upon them to Conjure they shew themselves to be not the Ministers of Christ but the Bond-slaves of Antichrist But what fault find they in the Branches and Flowers which are the good fair sweet and pleasant Creatures of God that they must be conjured We see in them the great Power and mighty Work of God These Boughs which not long before seemed to be dead are now green and flourishing The Flowers which of late were not are now most goodly and pleasant to behold Beholding them we are forced to praise God in his Creatures neither do we see any imperfection in those Creatures that they should need such Conjurations Hath the Devil entred into the Branches and Flowers since they were brought into the Popish Temples For before they were good and undefiled and needed no such Conjurations and Charms But what conjure they the Devil and all his power out of the Flowers and Branches But the holy Scripture saith God beheld all things that he had made and they were exceeding good Flowers Boughs Branches are the Creatures of God therefore are they good If good what place hath the Devil in them Can that which is good and the Devil dwell together What fellowship hath Christ with Belial Light with Darkness Righteousness with Unrighteousness But it is to be thought that whatsoever thing it be although never so good that cometh into the Popish Priests hands it is straightways defiled or else they would never use such Benedictions