three handfuls Dill Ashes of Olive-wood Holy Water of each a sufficient quantity Boil all these in Oyl then bless them with the following Benediction Vers. Our help c. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth The EXORCISM I Exorcise thee O unclean Spirit by the living true and holy God who made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that therein is to the end that all the Power of the Adversary all the Armies of the Devil all the assaults and Apparitions of the Enemy may be utterly rooted out and made to fly from this creature composed of Oyl and the Herbs that are in it that it may be a burning fire to consume all the snares of the Enemy and that whoever shall be anointed with this Oyl may enjoy health and sincerity and that all Evil Spirits and Diabolical Visions may be separated from him Then anoint the Patient as hath been already shewn A way to free any person from all manner of Sorceries operated in the body of man by the Devil First of all it behoves the Exorcist to observe in what part of the infested Body the pain lies For generally Demoniacs are chiefly tormented in three parts the Belly Stomach and Heart If the pain lye in any lower part of the body give him the Holy Oyl of the first Benediction as hath been already shewn And every day that the party drinks the foresaid Oyl he ought to be exorcised for three or four hours together But if the pain lye in the Stomach or Heart then give him the following Medicine Take White Ellebore St. Johns-wort of each an ounce and an half Sugar of Roses Frankincese of each a dram One would think this were a Bolus rather for a possessed Horse than a possessed Man Boil all these together in a pint of the best white Wine to the consumption of one half afterwards the Priest having strained blessed and exorcised the remainder with an Adjutorium nostrum c. give it the Patient at a convenient hour twice a day for three days if need require And every day notwithstanding the Patients vomiting let the Patient be confessed and exorcised for three or four hours together A Medicine for persons possessed by the Devil Take Broom-flowers St. Johns-wort Horehound Ivy and Rue of each two ounces Make a Decoction in water to the consumption of half then let the Priest strain it and bless the remainder with an Adjutorium nostrum and give it the Patient at a convenient hour Then let the Priest pray with the Patient in this manner Vouchsafe c. to bless this Medicine and to pour upon it thy most plentiful blessing that by the virtue and efficacy which thou shalt give unto it it may be able to vex teaze torment the Devil infesting and vexing this thy Servant and being delivered from the troubles of Satan to preserve him so delivered through thy goodness Amen Then let him be well sprinkled with Holy Water For it is a greater trouble to the Devil to sleep in a wet skin than in any other skin he cares not so much whether his skin be whole or no as that it be dry A Benediction of Water to expel the Devil and all his Works The EXORCISM I Exorcise thee O Water by the four Rivers that watered Paradise by him that purified Nahman from his Leprosie I exorcise thee by him that turned water into Wine I exorcise thee by all the Sacraments of the Holy Church I exorcise thee by the Virgin Mary and the Milk of the same Virgin and by all the Angels Archangels c. that thou mayst become holy and healthful and a burning fire to destroy the Devil and all his works and all the snares of Satan c. Then blow three times upon the Water saying I puff and blow ye all ye Legions of Satan In the Name c. The Benediction of Rue Vers. Our help is in the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth Vers. The Lord be with you Resp. And with thy Spirit Then pray That where-ever it be laid it may have power to terrifie and put the Devil to flight and that whoever be fumed with it may be free from all assaults of the Devil c. The Benediction of Fire to burn the Instruments of Sorcery Vers. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth Then say I bless exorcise and conjure thee O Creature Fire by him who causes the Earth to tremble that thou dost not fail to be my aid against these Infernal Thieves and Robbers to crucifie asflict and torment them an hundred times more than all the Sulphur in Hell Then sprinkle the Fire with Holy Water but not so as to put it out and cast the Devils Tools into it saying Let God arise and let his Enemies be scattered The Benediction of an Incense to fume Demoniacs Vers. Our help c. Resp. Who made c. Vers. The Lord be with you Resp. And with thy Spirit The Pomander Take Galbanum Sulphur of each three drams Roots of Assa foetida Birthwort St. Johns-wort and Rue of each three drams Let all these be blest and conjur'd with the following Conjuration I exorcise conjure thee O Creature called Incense by all the holy Names of God that thou mayst become an exorcised blessed and consecrated Fumigation to the Salvation of Vs and all faithful Christians and a perpetual punishment to all Evil Spirits and a fire to torment and burn them beyond the Sulphur of Hell-fire c. What merciless Fellows these Exorcists are to desire a more heavy punishment for the Devil than God has thought fit to ordain them Then throw the Pomander into the fire and hold the Demoniac's Nose over the smoke whether he will or no. Certainly it had been much better to have made a Pomander to fright the Devil of Gelsomy-flowers and Orange-flowers Lignum Aloes and such like for he is so used to ill smells that he cares not a f t for ' em Besides if the Devil has no head as they say he has not then he has no Nose and then what will all the nasty scents in the world signifie If ill smells operate so strongly upon the Devil these Exorcists were extremely overseen that they did not set down a Form for the Benediction and Exorcising a House of Office and for setting the Demoniac up to the neck in the consecrated Ordure for three or four days together But Bernardus non videt omnia 'T is easie to add to invention but not to invent A Benediction of Gold Frankincense and Myrrh against the Devils called Incubi and Succubi and against the assaults of Evil Spirits First be sure to have the Gold Frankincense and Myrrh ready Then bless them as follows Vers. Our help is in the Lord. Resp. Who made c. Then read the Psalm Lord give thy Judgments to the King quite through Then cry Lord have mercy upon us Then sing the following Anthem And the Wise-men who were
him cause him to ratifie it by putting his paw to it if he can When he hath so done and that he finds the Devil ready to march Iet the Priest be sure not to give him leave till he hath got an absolute promise from him to take all his ragged Regiment with him and never to return again Above all things let the Priest be careful never to let the Devil rest a quiet minute but be sure to worry him with continual importunity reading and imperious Commands and let him never enter into disputes with him or fall to talk of stories with him especially amorous for by that means the Priest wastes his Spirits and the Devil recovers his strength The ninth Document IN the ninth place let the Priest beware of exorcising the Devil in private Houses but in the Church or some other place dedicated to God or some Saint For such are the Houses of Prayer But in private Houses the Priest will meet with Women whose company is to be avoided with all care imaginable by all Exorcisers lest they fall into the snare of the Devil As for the time the work of Exorcising may be performed upon any day but the better day the better deed therefore Our Lady-day Christmas-day Easter-day Whitsunday the several Holy days dedicated to the Apostles and their Eves are most proper And for the time of the day betimes in the morning after early Mattins Thus you see as cunning as the Devil is he may meet with his match Set a Knave to catch a Knave is a Proverb will never be out of date Were it not better then for the Devil to turn Lutheran than thus to lye at the lash of these merciless Exorcisers who command him with such petty Formalities If it may not rather be thought that he gives way now and then to these little pieces of Superstition that they may the more easily delude greater numbers The Conjurers Rubrick The First Exorcism AND now the Exorciser being thus instructed has no more to do but to prepare himself by Confession of his sins three days fasting and humbling himself before God Which done he shall go to the Church with the party possessed and there being clad in all the Formalities of his Order and Degree and kneeling before the Holy Altar he shall make the sign of the Cross upon his Forehead his Mouth and his Breast and then say as follows Let the sign of the Cross be upon my Forehead the Word of Christ in my Mouth the Arms of Christ in my Breast By the sign of the Cross defend us O Lord from our enemies Let the power of the Father strengthen me the wisdom of the Son teach me and the love of the Holy Spirit enlighten me Blessed be the day and hour wherein our Lord Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin MARY In the Name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost Amen May the Virgin MARY with her holy Off-spring bless us Then shall the Priest sign the party possessed with the sign of the Cross upon the Forehead Breast and Mouth saying The power of the Father comfort thee the wisdom of the Son teach thee the love of the Holy Ghost enlighten thee Blessed be the day and hour wherein our Lord Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary In the Name of the Father the Son and Holy Ghost Amen After this say the whole Consiteor quite thorow and give Confession to the possessed party and the standers by saying Be merciful c. Indulgence and Absolution c. These you are to understand are parts of the Mass. Then pronounce the following Commands I command you O Devils who came to the assistance of those Devils that vex this Creature of God in the Name of the Sacred Trinity the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and under the penalty of Excommunication and under the penalty of being plunged into the Lake of Fire and Sulphur and of being condemned to the Lake of Fire and Sulphur for a thousand years that you give no farther aid or assistance to those Devils that vex the body of this Creature of God but that you depart immediately to the places appointed for you by God Behold the Cross of the Lord fly Mankind's enemies hence the Lion of the Tribe of Juda the Root of David has overcome I also command you O Devils who vex this Creature of God that departing from his body you leave him free without any harm or detriment either to his body or Soul Also I command all your Enemies in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost that they compel you to yield obedience to my Orders and Commands And under the same penalties I command you that you neither say or do any thing which may displease either those who are present or absent but what shall be demanded by me In the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Amen Then the Priest binding his Stole to the neck of the possessed party shall say O all you most abominable Spirits and Rebels to God I conjure adjure call to call forth compel constrain defy and duel ye in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost and by the most powerful Name of God Eloi in whatever part of this man ye are I exorcise Thee and adjure You O unclean Spirits and command Ye by the authority which belongs to me by the power of God and the most wise Creator who created all things and keeps you under his Power from which you are not able to fly that ye take immediate notice of the words and power of my Conjuration and that you confess your selves vanquished by the command laid upon ye that ye do not now presume to depart from this Creature of God and Image of Christ without absolute leave given by my command and that you be thereby bound and chained seeing that as the Saints of God bound the Devils in chains so I bind you with that same Stole of gladsomness In the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Amen Before he bid him be gone now he commands him to stay What must he neither stay nor go No marry must he there 's something more to be done that will make him remember possessing of Mankind as long as he lives as thus Then the Priest putting his hands upon the Head of the Demoniac shall say Let the power of the Devil be extinguished in Thee by the imposition of our hands yea by the Invocation of all the Saints Archangels Angels Patriarchs Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors Virgins and all the Saints together Amen Behold the Conjurers Posse Comitatus And must the Devil stay till it be raised upon him There 's no remedy He is bound with three knots and all the Devils in Hell can't help him Well go on then Then shall the Priest say the following words signing the Demoniac with the sign of the Cross upon the Forehead which he shall always observe
where-ever he meets with a Cross. El Elohim Eloa Eheye Tetragrammaton Adonai Sadai Sabaoth Soter Emmanuel Alpha and Omega the First and the Last the Beginning and the End Hagios Ischyros Otheos Athanatos Agla Jehova Homousion Jah Messias Esereheieh Christ overcomes Christ reigns Christ commands the uncreated Father Son and Holy Ghost By the sign of the Cross defend us O Lord from our enemies Now don't you think the Devil begins to have it on both sides his ears There 's ne're a one of these words but pricks him to the heart with ten thousand needles a piece But there 's no avoiding the three knots for all this A most unparallel'd piece of folly to think that these Sacred words could not hold the Devil without the three knots of a Friers Cool neither must the Devil think to 'scape so for all his haste For after all this done The Priest shall say some part of the Gospels under-mentioned always moving his hands over the Demoniac's Head The first Gospel is taken out of the Gospel of St. John beginning at the first verse to the 14th Which being concluded the people standing by shall answer Praise be to thee O Christ. Then shall the Exorcist rejoyn after this manner By these Evangelical sayings let the power of the Devil be extinguished in thee such a one and the Divine power be infused into thee Amen Which is to be observed at the end of every Gospel After this let the whole Creed be said quite thorow which done say these words Behold the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ fly hence Mankinds Enemies the Lion of the Tribe of Juda the Root of Jesse has overcome Then must be said another Gospel out of the 16. Chap. of St. John beginning at the 25 th verse and ending at the 30 th Verily verily I say unto ye whatsoever ye shall ask the Father c. At the conclusion of which repeat again Behold the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ fly Mankinds Enemies the Lion of Juda the Root of David has overcome After this read the whole Psalm beginning Miserere mei Dues then another Ecce Crucem c. and then say as follows God be my aid the Lord hasten to my defence Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek my soul. Let them be turned back and be ashamed that seek my destruction Let them be ashamed that say to me Aha Aha Let them be glad and rejoice in thee all they that seek thee and let them say Let the Lord be magnified who seek thy salvation I am poor and needy help me O God Thou art my helper and defender O Lord lest I die Glory be to the Father c. Then this single verse Remember not Lord our offences nor those of our forefathers nor take vengeance of our sins Thus the World may see how the Pearls of divine Writ are wasted upon the swinish Trumpery of Papistical Exorcism For no man of reason will ever believe that the Devil is to be frighted by these words or sentences first defiled by the very breath and then uttered from the mouths of Monks and Friers either sillily or knavishly superstitious Gospels and pieces of Psalms and hard Names and what is looked upon as the most powerful Ingredient the sign of the Cross 'T is a very odd kind of Jumblement but alas the Devil will swallow an hundred of these Bolus's without choaking However if this won't serve here 's more For after all the foregoing Formality The Priest in a kneeling posture must say the following Litany in behalf of the Demoniac Kyrie Eleyson Christe Eleyson Christ hear us c. Holy Mary pray for him Holy Mother of God pray c. Holy Virgin of Virgins pray c. S. Michael S. Gabriel S. Raphael pray c. All the holy Angels and Archangels pray c. All the Orders of blessed Saints pray c. S. John Baptist S. Joseph pray c. All Saints Patriarchs and Prophets pray c. S. Peter S. Paul S. Andrew pray c. S. James S. John S. Thomas S. Philip S. James S. Bartholomew S. Matthew S. Simon S. Thaddens pray c. S. Matthias S. Barnaby S. Luke S. Mark All the Holy Apostles and Evangelists pray c. All the Holy Innocents pray c. S. Stephen S. Laurence pray c. S. Vincent S. Cyprian S. Fabian S. Sebastian S. John and Paul pray c. S. Cosmas and Damian pray c. S. Gervasius and Protasius pray c. All the Holy Martyrs pray for him S. Sylvester S. Gregory S. Ambrose S. Austin pray c. S. Geminian S. Martin S. Nicholas S. Lewis S. Bonaventure pray c. All Saints Popes and Confessors pray for him All the Holy Doctors pray c. S. Benedict S. Francis S. Dominic pray c. S. Anthony S. Bernardine S. Bernard pray c. All the Holy Priests and Levites pray c. All the Holy Monks and Hermites pray c. S. Anne S. Mary Magdalen S. Agnes S. Lucy S. Cecilia S. Agatha S. Catherine S. Clara S. Elizabeth S. Anastasia pray c. All Holy Virgins and Widows pray c. All He Saints and She Saints intercede for him From all Evil Good Lord deliver him From all Sin From thy Anger From sudden Death From the snares of the Devil From Malice Hatred and all ill Will From Lightning and Tempest O Lord deliver him By the Mystery of thy Holy Incarnation We sinners beseech thee c. That thou wouldst give him peace and comfort That thou wouldst look upon him with the eyes of thy pity That thou wouldst behold his trouble and affiction That thou wouldst bless and preserve this thy servant That thou wouldst free him from the trouble of the Devil That thou wouldst free him from the vexations of Evil Spirits We humbly beseech thee Behold the Cross ✚ of the Lord c. Hoyda what 's all this for They that have business with great Personages make all the friends they can And therefore you must not blame the Conjurer for making all the friends in Heaven he can for the poor Demoniac 'T is good to have a strong party especially when you deal with the Devil But why must they pray first singly then all together why so many petitions when one would have served For that one petition to free a man from all his sins will assuredly secure him from the Devil Oh Sir you forget that among the Papists all things are done with Decency and Formality Besides the more Cost the more Worship the more the Ceremony the more the amusement the more the amusement the more the Veneration and the greater the show the greater the pay But this is not all yet there are more Prayers more Conjurations behind still for so the Conjurers Rubric goes on Then follows the Prayer LOrd Jesu Christ who for the Redemption of the World didst vouchsafe to be scorned by the Jews and to
Who made Heaven and Earth The Exorcism of Salt I Exorcise thee O thou Creature Salt bythe living God by the true God by the holy God by the God who commanded thee to be thrown into the Water by Elisha the Prophet that thou mayst become Salt Exorcised to the Salvation of Believers and mayst be to all that take thee health of body and soul and to the end that all wickedness and subtilty of Diabolical fraud and every unciean Spirit conjured by him that shall come to judge the quick and the dead may avoid the place where-ever thou shalt be strewed The Prayer OMnipotent Eternal God we humbly implore thy insinite Clemency and Goodness that thou wouldst be pleased to bless and sanctisie this Creature Salt which thou hast given to the Use of Mankind that it may be health of body and mind to all that take it and that whatever is touched or strewed with it may be free from all uncleanness and corruption mortal or spiritual What would not our Butchers give for this Salt to preserve their Meat that lies upon their hands in Summer not a Fly would dare to blow upon their Stalls The Exorcism of Water I Exorcise thee O Creature Water in the Name c. that thou mayst become Water exorcised to expel all Power of the Enemy and to root out and supplant the Enemy himself with all his Apostate Angels through the Power of Him who shall come to judge the quick and the dead The Prayer THou who hast made Water the substance of some of our Sacraments be propitious to our Invocations and to this Element prepared by many purifications that this Water may be effectual to the casting out of Devils and expelling noxious diseases and that in whatever Houses or places it shall be sprinkled they may be free from all uncleanness from all harm from all corrupt and pestilent Air from all the snares of the lurking Enemy and that nothing offensive or that may disturb the quiet and health of the Inhabitants may presume to approach the sprinklings of this Water Let the Operators have a care here 's a Plot upon the Queen of Hungary's Rosemary flowers and all the Book-sellers Scurvygrass Glasses Quaere whether the French disease be a Devil or no if it be here 's a present Expulsion to cure the Patient The Salt and the Water thus far prepared the Salt must be put into the Water in the form of a Cross and so both mixed together of each q. s. the Priest at the same time saying Versicle The Lord be with you Respons And with thy Spirit After which must be said the following Prayer THou who suppressest the power of Satanical dominion who subduest the fury of the roaring Lion we trembling and suppliant implore and beseech thee to look upon these thy Creatures of Salt and Water thus mixed together and to sanctifie them with the dew of thy pity that where-ever they shall be sprinkled they may be prevalently efficacious to expel all unclean Spirits and Terror of the venomous Serpent A surpassing piece of Magic which if it will not prevail against the Devil may be of excellent use to expel Worms out of young Children Therefore put it up in a clean Vessel and reserve it for use A most Approved Benediction of Oyl against all sorts of Incantations Sorceries Diabolical Ligaments and Contracts and of all evil Operations of the Devil upon the Body of Man Which Receipt is by some ascribed to St. Cyprian As also the manner of using the said Oyl The Priest must have a large Vessel of Oyl ready and then putting on his Sacerdotal Robes it behoves him to bless it in this manner In the Name c. Amen Vers. Our help is in the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth Vers. Lord shew us thy Mercy Resp. And grant us thy Salvation Vers. Lord be thou our Helper Resp. And for the Glory of thy Name preserve us Vers. Let not the Enemy prevail against us Resp. Nor let the Son of Iniquity approach to hurt us Vers. Lord shew thy mercy to us Resp. As we do put our trust in thee Why but two Ejaculations apiece for Water and Salt and ten for the Consecration of Oyl The reason 's plain Oyl is ten times more worthy than Water and will stick ten times longer upon the Devil's Skirts therefore Oyl requires ten times more devotion than Water and it is requisite that there should be a distinction and difference in the Formalities of pious Cheats The EXORCISM I Exorcise thee unclean Spirit every assault of Satan and every evil Apparition in the Name c. that ye depart from this Oyl that it may be an efficacious spiritual Diet-drink to cleanse and cure the Infirm to the end the Holy Spirit may dwell in them through God the Father and his most beloved Son Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick and the dead and the World by fire Amen The Prayer O God send down thy Holy Spirit upon this Oyl which thou hast produced from green wood for the refreshment of mind and body that through thy blessing it may be to whoever touches it the preservation of mind and body by evacuating all melancholy humors all pains all infirmities and distempers of mind and body with which thou hast therefore anointed Kings Prophets and Martyrs let it be blessed in the Bowels of thy Servants in the Name c. who liveth and reigneth c. Now what is this Oyl a Quart In truth I can't tell dear enough you may be sure for you see 't is got into Hucksters hands Here the Priest having send for the Demoniac let him lay his hands upon the Party possessed and then adjure the Devil in this manner The Adjuration I Adjure thee O Satan and all Evil Spirits by the Name of the living true and holy God by the Name and Merits of the Virgin Mary by the Power of all the Celestial Spirits and the Nine Celestial Hierarchies to thy confusion and the augmentation of thy torments to be increased an hundred-fold from day to day to the last day of Judgment if thou dost not depart accursed Satan from this same Servant of God By him that shall come to judge the quick and the dead c. The Conjuration AGain I conjure thee O Satan to remove out of this same person both thy own and all malignant Fascination Sorceries infirmities and pains of body and mind by the words of the foregoing Adjuration cursed be thy name O Satan and thy works accursed and confounded to Eternity Cursed be thou by the Omnipotent God and by me through the power committed to me not only in Baptism and the administration of other Sacraments but also by the administration of the real Body and Blood of Christ by the authority of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul and if ye prove rebellious contumacious and disobedient I conjure against thee and against ye all all the infernal Spirits to drag ye forth