him and afford him the healing relief of thy salvation and heavenly grace through Christ our Lord. Here ends the last Scene of the fourth Act and 't is greatly to be feared the Devil will be vengeance-weary before the Play be done 'T is no matter for that he 'l be the more glad to be gone 't was done to that intent and purpose And yet one would think the Devil should laugh in his sleeve to see how his Adversary does and undoes For in his Incantations he assumes a power committed to him already to remove the vexation and arbitrarily commands the removal In his prayers he desires that to be done which he declares he had power to do before Nor does the Priest complain of any limited Commission neither This therefore must certainly be a very great comfort to the Devil under his affliction of Three Knots For you may be sure that the Devil listens like a Sow in the Beans to every word that is said and if there be any hole to creep out of his misery he 'l never strain a point of Curtesie with the Priest But till the Exorcist has quite done he knows not what to think on 't Only he 's sure there 's a dismal storm coming by the great bundle of Hyssop in the Holy Water Bason And now the first Act being begun the Priest spares for no Holy Water which he plentifully bestows upon the Party possessed The showre being over and the Devil's courage as he thinks being sufficiently cool'd the Exorcist full of hope and faith falls briskly to work that is to conjure all the Devils remaining in the Demoniac's Body after this bold manner HEar unclean Spirit and infamous Devil I admonish thee I exorcise thee and command thee O Tempter vain hare-brain'd false heretical wicked drunkard mad man thrown from the grace of God and Christ. By him I exorcise thee who for our sakes descended to Earth who was named by the Angels incarnate by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary and growing in years and wisdom in the twelfth year of his Age disputed with high understanding in the midst of the greatest Doctors I conjure thee by him who was baptized by John the Baptist in the River of Jordan tempted by the Devil sold and betrayed by Judas his Disciple fed with Gall made to drink Vinegar crowned with Thorns despoiled of his garments upon which they cast lots I conjure thee by him who was crucified dead and buried and rose from the dead the third day ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead and the World by fire that thou immediately go forth and fly from this Vessel and Creature of God without any damage to him or hurt to me or any of the standers by I exorcise thee by him of whom the Angel Gabriel declared that he should be born of the Virgins womb and John saluted in the womb of Elizabeth and by him I conjure thee to answer me to all and every such questions which I shall ask thee and that thou answer me the truth what is thy Master's and thy own name and whether thou beest in this body or without it whether thou art alone or one or more Legions with thee Here the Exorcist ought to examine the name of the Devil Possessor what Companions he has under what Order of Devils he is for what cause he possest the Party whether he be bound there by any Art of Witchcraft how that tye may be dissolved how long he had lived there by what Saint or person he may be expelled who are his greatest enemies in Heaven and who in Hell and what signs he will give of his departure Then command him that he do no harm to the Patient and that from thence forward he never presume to return But let the Exorcist be prudent and circumspect in his Interrogatories lest he be deceived Rather let him endeavour to free the poor man from his vexation than stand prating with the Devil At last having sufficiently examined the Spirit if he neither depart nor answer or whether he do or no he shall prosecute his Conjuration The Conjuration THou therefore O Homicide Reprobate Son of Perdition I conjure thee by his sign that appeared in the Heavens which the Shepherds saw and the Wise-men adored by him whom Angels and Archangels praise that thou presently depart from that Vessel and Creature of Christ that thou go to the bottom of the Sea or into some old Trees or into some Desarts where no Christians inhabit and where the Lightning from Heaven may consume thee May the Son and Holy Ghost and true Majesty of God compel thee to go forth I conjure thee wicked Devil by him whose Name is Jesus of Nazareth that thou presently depart at the first word of the Lord from this Servant of God I conjure thee by him at whose Birth the Holy Angels sang Glory be to God c. Whom the Wise-men coming from the East adored offering to him Gold Frankincense and Myrrh I conjure thee by him at whose Birth a Star appeared in Heaven of whom Isaiah prophesied saying A Star shall arise in Jacob and by him whom the mute Animals knew as it is written The ox knows his owner and the ass his masters crib I conjure thee by him whom Herod would have slain but could not and for whom the holy Innocents were martyred with whose blood the holy Jerusalem is adorned I conjure thee by him who fled with his mother into Egypt and at Canaan in Galilee turnedwater into wine whom Pilate crowned with a Crown of Thorns whom Longinus pierced with a Lance and who upon the Cross cryed out Eli Eli Lammasabachtani I conjure thee by him who was found in the Temple disputing with the Doctors was crucified upon the Cross between two Thieves and in the midst of the Air. And by him who after his Resurrection stood in the midst of his Disciples saying Peace be unto you fear not 't is I. I conjure thee by him who died and was buried who descended into Hell and delivered his own from the Devil particularly Adam the first Man and rose again the third day and forty days after ascended into Heaven May he eject thee and compel thee to depart this body and the joynts of the members of this Creature of God N He that cast thee from Heaven let him compel thee to declare the name of thy Master and whether thou art alone or not or whether any Legion be with thee I conjure thee by him that built Paradise encompassing it in with the four Rivers Gyon Physion Tigris and Euphrates whom thou wouldst have tempted saying If thou art the Son of God command these stones to be made bread and then shewing him all the Kingdoms of the World wentest on All these will I give thee if thou
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
by head and ears and as Dathan and Abiram were swallowed up in the earth so to bind ye fast in the bottomless Pit until the last day This said read a piece of the Gospel of St. Mark Chap. 16. from ver 14. to the end Then say this Adjuration I Conjure ye O unclean Spirits by him that is was and shall be who created and redeemed us with his Blood by his Cross Passion Death Burial and Resurrection who is here and every where and who promised that where two or three were gathered together he would be in the midst of them that ye presently depart hence with all your foul Practices evil Deeds and Sorceries never never to return more Vers. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth Vers. Arise O Christ to help us Resp. And deliver us for thy Name 's sake Observe by the way the Civility of these Exorcists they suffer the Devils to depart with all their Bag and Baggage and never go about to distrain for Rent Then follows a short Prayer O Immense Power O individual Trinity we Christians beseech thee to extend thy power and mercy toward this thy Creature and through thy mercy to deliver him from every unclean Spirit Amen There is no wonder to be made that these Popish Priests are so daring in their attempts upon the Devil when they are so impudent as to dally so vainly nonsensically and triflingly with the Names and Attributes of God Himself After this the Priest proceeds to bless the Oyl as follows THE most Imperial Majesty bless thee O Creature Oyl the Royal Divinity protect thee the immense Trinity defend thee the Power of the Father govern thee the Wisdom of the Son enliven thee The Cross of Christ preserve thee the Twelve Apostles keep thee the Holy Martyrs help thee the Holy Confessors bless thee all the holy Priests of the Old and New Testament exorcise and sanctifie thee The Holy Angels Archangels Thrones Dominions Powers Hierarchies Cherubims and Seraphims defend thee The Holy Trinity defend thee and endue thee with power and efficacy against all Diabolical Devices and Sorceries that through Thee I may be able to destroy and eradicate out of the Souls and bodies of men all Incantations Sorceries Contracts Devices and evil Works of the Devil Amen Say you now let the Devil have a care of this Oyl but I say no for this Oyl can never be so pure as these Exorcists would pretend that had such a foul deal of ridiculous folly and tinsel piety bestowed upon it Had the Exorcist blessed the same Quantity of the Quintessence of Aqua fortis after the same manner and form there might have been something in it But the nature of Oyl is to smooth and supple not to eradicate and destroy neither is it to be thought that all the Nonsense in the World can ever bless it out of its Nature Well then because you Hereticks are so hard to be pleased Here are other Benedictions of Oyl as well for the Patient to drink as wherewith to be anointed Vers. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. Resp. Who made Heaven and Earth and all that is therein The EXORCISM I Exorcise thee by the living true holy God O Creature Oyl to the end that all the power of the Adversary all the Hosts of the Devil and all the Temptations of Satan may be by thee destroyed and that thou mayst prove to all that make use of thee a remedy to expel Satan and all his works with all the Devices Contracts Sorceries and Incantations of his Ministers Then follows the Prayer attendant THat whoever shall drink or anoint themselves with this Oyl may enjoy a remedy against all the Assaults Machinations and all the Works of the Devil whatsoever The second Exorcism I Exorcise thee O Creature Oyl in the Name c. that through this Invocation of the Holy Trinity all the power of the Adversary all the inveterate malice of the Devil and his violent assaults and every wild and noxious Fantome may be destroyed and eradicated and all the venomous qualities of Satan removed from this Oyl that whoever drink of it or anoint themselves with it may be delivered from all the Machinations of the Devil c. With the same Ceremonies the Priest also blesses a certain Quantity of unleavened Bread which for its lightness is given to the infirm person before he drink the Oyl After the usual scraps of the Litany recited and several Prayers to God to infuse a Devil-frighting power into the Bread the Dough is sprinkled with Holy Water which done the following short Prayer ensues COme Holy Ghost and bless and sanctifie this Bread that it may be delivered from the works of Satan and his Ministers c. However the Exorcist must take special care how he gives this Oyl or any other potable Remedy without the Physicians advice for that the Tempers and Complexions of the Patients being various both these and other remedies are to be variously applied seeing one mans meat is another's poison and thus the Divinity-Quacks help the Quacks in Physic lest the one should peach the t'other The manner of taking the foresaid Oyl and blessed Bread as also of anointing the Patient with the said Oyl These Benedictions being ended let him that has the care of the Patient observe this Method Take one or two pound of Veal or other Flesh in season and let it boil in Water without Salt till it be well boiled Then take six or eight ounces of the Bread blessed with either of the fore-recited Benedictions and two ounces of the foresaid Oyl Incorporate all these together and give the whole to the Patient in the morning for his Breakfast and let the Patient eat a slice or two of dry Holy Bread with it It will nourish the Patient but make the Devil spue his heart out In giving this Dose to the Patient the Priest shall say as follows Receive this Holy Bread to the destruction of Satan and all his works of mischief in thee done This may be also recommended to the Rat-catchers at the Exchange for the destruction of Vermin in Ships and Merchants Cellars If Women lay but a piece of this Holy Bread in their Blankets it will destroy all their Fleas The Patient must observe this Diet for eight or ten days and every day anoint the party with the foresaid Oyl upon the Eyes the Forehead the Ears the Breast and Heart the pulses of the Wrists the Hands the pulses of the Feet and Feet themselves and as the Priest anoints the several parts aforesaid let him repeat the following words I anoint thee N with this blessed Oyl and by this Vnction absolve thee from all the Sorceries Incantations Contracts Signatures and Machinations on thee practised by Diabolical Art In the Name c. Another Benediction of Oyl to anoint persons insested by the Devil and the way of making the said Oyntment Take Rue Sage of each
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
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
be betrayed by Judas with a kiss and as a Lamb to be led to the slaughter to be accused by false witnesses and to be nailed to the Cross to be despised and spit upon and crowned with Thorns to be mocked with Gall and Vinegar to be wounded with a Lance and crucified between two Thieves by these thy most holy Sufferings which I most unworthy and miserable sinner lay hold of and by thy holy Cross I beseech thee that thou wouldst not look upon my sins nor the sins of this thy Creature but according to the multitude of thy Mercy free him from the Devil that vexes him And grant to me thy unworthy servant power that I may expel the Evil Spirits that vex him to the bottom of the Abyss by virtue of thy most holy Words Then follows Ecce Crucem c. Then again The Cross is good the Cross is worthy the wood above all woods By the sign of this Cross all Evil is repelled Then a little scrap of Rhyme Lest they seduce the mind Get Fantomes all behind For no stone must be left unturn'd against the Devil whether Rhyme or Reason Sense or Nonsence Then Ecce Crucem Domini c. Then an Ejaculation or two as thus Hear my prayer O Lord and let my cry come unto thee Bow down thine ear to the voice of my supplication Be my tower of defence against all evil spirits Let them be as the wheel or as chaff before the wind Then follows another Prayer OMnipotent Lord God the Author of invincible Power King of an insuperable Empire always magnificently triumphing who dost potently suppress the power of hostile Domination who didst expel Lucifer and his Angels from Heaven for their pride and rebellion who desirest not the death of a sinner nor the destruction of those that die be merciful to this thy Creature N not regarding his sins but thy own clemency and free him from all the snares of Evil Spirits wherein he is daily intangled and from all trouble and vexation wherewith he is infested and as thou didst free Mary Magdalen from seven unclean Spirits and the daughter of the Canaanite from the vexation of the Devil so now vouchsafe to free thy Creature N from all those Evil Spirits that infest him and as thou didst free Jonas from the Whale's belly Susanna from false accusation and the Three Children from the fiery Furnace Daniel from the Lions den and Joseph from Pharaoh's prison so now vouchsafe to free this thy Creature N redeemed with the Blood of thy Son and washed with the Water of Baptism from all vexation of Evil Spirits and Devils And as thou didst give power to thy Apostles over Evil Spirits to cast them out of the bodies of men so now grant to thy unworthy servant regenerate by Baptism and consecrated to thy Holy Name by the gift of thy Grace to put to flight all malignant Spirits possessing this poor Creature N by virtue of thy Power and the Invocation of thy Holy Name Amen Then Ecce Crucem c. Then another short Prayer OMnipotent Eternal God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ we thy Suppliants beseech thee that thou wouldst command these Evil Spirits that possess thy servant N to depart and be gone and to free him because he believes in his true Saviour our Lord Jesu Christ thy Son who liveth and reigneth with thee world without end Amen Then Ecce Crucem c. again All 's well that ends well says the Proverb but it does not thence follow that all 's well that begins well These Conjurers borrow their first Positions from very good Prayers but then they do so blind 'um with their superstitious admiration of the Cross that it utterly spoils all again There 's nothing to be done without the Cross The Cross is all in all The Cross is this and the Cross is that as if the Cross were more to be adored than the person who was crucified upon the Wood. Ecce Crucem is the burden of their Song and the Chorus to their Prayers And then again what an impertinent Dunce was this Conjurer to pray so zealously to God and the Cross to command the Devils departure when he knew how hard he had tied his Nose to the Grindstone with his Cool in three knots and had commanded him not to stir till he himself should give him leave But stay a little their Devilships have not been whipped about the Pig-market enough yet and therefore the Conjurer proceeds Here the Priest rises from his Prayers and before he begins to adjure the Devils he must Exorcise the Party possessed after this manner The EXORCISM I Exorcise thee N in the Name of the Father Omnipotent and in the Name of Jesus Christ his Son and in the power of the Holy Ghost that thou become a clean holy and purified Vessel from all spot of iniquity and from all Witchcrafts Incantations Contracts Signatures and Actions done and committed in or about thy body Farther also I the unworthy servant of God though a sinner by the Authority to me committed in the Name of the said Omnipotent God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Ghost dissolve all those Ties Ligatures and evil Actions and command thee most accursed Devil that thou presume no longer to have power in this body from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head but that thou depart with all thy Witchcrafts and Incantations And all this through him that shall come to judge the quick and the dead and the world by fire Amen Then must be said this Prayer GOD of pity and compassion who according to the multitude of thy mercies correctest whom thou lovest we invoke thee O Lord that thou wouldst be pleased to grant thy Grace to thy Servant N who suffers weakness of his members in his body and that what is corrupted by earthly frailty or disordered by diabolical fraud thou wouldst unite to the Body of thy Church Pity his crys have pity on his tears and admit him to the Sacrament of thy Reconciliation having no other confidence than in thy mercy through Jesus Christ. A very good Prayer were it upon a better occasion and not accompanied with the following piece of Superstition For now the party possessed must be washed with a showre of Holy Water and then follows the ensuing Exorcism I Exorcise thee N weak in body yet regenerate by the Water of Baptism by the living God by the true God by the holy God by the God who redeemed thee with his most precious Blood that thou become a man exorcised that all fancy and fraud of diabolical wickedness may depart from thee and every adjured unclean Spirit through him who shall come to judge the quick and the dead Then this short Ejaculation O God who governest thy handy work with a pious care incline thine ear to our supplications and look upon thy servant N labouring under extreme weakness of body Visit
them and that thou answer me the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth to all such Questions as shall- be by me demanded and that then by the Merits of all the He Saints and She Saints that at my command thou depart without delay from this Servant of God without presuming to give molestation vexation or trouble to any person whatsoever and betake thy self to the internal Abyss thence never to return till the day of Judgment This done repeat the old Ecce Crucem c. behold the Cross of God fly Mankind's Adversaries the Lion of the Tribe of Juda the Root of David has overcome In this last Exorcism the Exorcist you see not only makes use of all the Saints from the beginning of the World to his own time and as it were plays them against the Devil at the stake but gives the Evil Spirit particular Reasons why he ought to obey them more than others Only one would think that the Exorcist forgot himself in leaving out one particular Saint who perhaps would have been more terrible to him than all the rest that is to say St. Dunstan and the reason is not because he was delivered from the Lions Den but because he took the Devil by the Nose with a red-hot pair of Tonges He forgot also to add to those words Ecce Crucem c. Ecce Forcipes c. However believing he has pretty well teaz'd his Satanical patience the Exorcist grows bold and falls to examine the Devil so strictly about the Interrogatories above-mentioned that the severest Justice of Peace of 'um all in Quorum could not act more haughtily particularly he demands of him sowrely what he intends to do whether he intends to be gone or no and when Or if not what course he intends to take But to this the Devil answers him only with a Bow and therefore he proceeds after the following manner The EXORCISM OLD Serpent I conjure thee by the Judge of the quick and the dead by the Creator of the World and him that has power to cast thee headlong into Gehennah that thou depart from this same Servant of God who flies for succour to the Church and that thou make haste to be gone I adjure thee not by my own weakness but by the power of the Holy Ghost to depart from this same Servant of God whom Christ created in his likeness Give way not to me but to the Minister of Christ. His power enforces thee who being fixed to the Cross subdued thee under his feet Tremble at his power who recovered the Souls of the Just from the Infernal Wailings Let the body of man be a terror to thee and be afraid of the Image of God Make therefore no longer resistance but depart with speed from this man since it has pleased God to make him his Habitation and do not think me to be contemned because thou knowest me to be a Sinner The Holy Ghost commands thee The Faith of the Apostles Peter and Paul and the rest of the Apostles commands thee The Blood of the Martyrs commands thee The Sacrament of the Cross commands thee The Word made flesh commands thee Avoid Transgressor out Seducer full of deceit and fraud the Enemy of Truth Give way most cruel Devil give way impious Devil give way to Christ who has despoiled thee and destroyed thy Kingdom who vanquished thee and bound thee in chains and cast thee into utter darkness there to be tormented eternally with all thy Angels Darest thou mutter Darest thou rashly delay Guilty before God whose Statutes thou hast transgrest Guilty before Christ his Son whom thou didst boldly presume to tempt and crucifie Guilty before all Mankind whom thy perswasions allured to taste the Fruit of death I conjure thee therefore accursed Dragon in the Name of the immaculate Lamb who walks upon the Asp and Basilisk and treads upon the Lion and the Dragon to depart from this man and from the Church of God Tremble and fly dreading his Name at which the Infernal Spirits tremble to whom the Powers of Heaven are subjected and whom the Cherubims and Seraphims incessantly praise Obey Jesus of Nazareth who when thou contemnedst his Disciple cast thee raging and tearing out of the Man in whose presence when thou wert cast out thou durst not so much as touch the Herd of Swine without his leave Therefore now thus conjured depart from this man whom he has formed 'T is a dangerous thing to resist Christ. 'T is a dangerous thing to wince against the pricks For the longer thou delayst the greater will be thy punishment for thou contemnest not Man but the Lord of the quick and the dead who shall come to judge the quick and the dead and the World by fire Amen Now Monsieur Devil will ye go or stay Does not your heart ake If you delay a minute longer here 's one little tickling Touch for ye more The CONJURATION AGain and again I conjure thee O Devil by him who gave power to his Disciples to give light to the blind to cleanse the leprosie to raise the dead and cure all diseases I conjure thee by him who restored the first man by the wood of the Cross who gave sight to the blind and raised up Lazarus from the grave who cured all diseases and destroyed the Magical fictions of Jannes and Jambres and by this Exorcism and by all the former Conjurations and holy Words and Offices which are celebrated over the World by all these I command thee where-ever thou art or wert that thou vanish away forthwith like smoke and that thou retire to some Desart or to the deep Abyss without doing harm to any one and that thou never more return In the Name of the Father c. Ecce Crucem c. Amen This Sparring Blow has done the business Exit Diabolus Exit Exorcista And thus the Popish Vulgar are abused by a company of idle Drones who having nothing else to do in their Sties of Laziness and Superstition make it their business by such figments as these to maintain their Credit among the Ignorant Neither is the Devil such a Fool to be against his own profit for by this means he seduces thousands and increases his Harvest Else Reason could never believe the Devil to be such a Sot to be led by the Nose by his own Servants He himself knows too well how to play the Hypocrite and cannot be thought to be afraid of godly Words and pious Sentences who makes use of them so often But for Sport's sake let us see a little more of their Trumpery For this is certain the more you see the worse you 'l like Most Efficacious REMEDIES For the Expelling EVIL SPIRITS And for the clearing Bodies possessed from Incantations and Sorceries with their Benedictions The Method how to make Holy Water THE Priest being habited in his Sacerdotal Ornaments or with his Stole must say these words Vers. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. Resp.
Let this blessing be upon this place and upon all that dwell therein Or thus HEar us O holy Father Omnipotent and Eternal god that whatever Evil Spirits or mischievous Devils be in this house they may be expelled through the Authority of thy Name Then rehearse the several Psalms In my affliction I cryed c. I lifted up my eyes to the mountains To thee I lifted up my eyes Concluding with a Gloria Patri then water the House and sprinkle the People with Holy Water Then say Kyrie Eleyson c. Pater noster And lead us not into temptation Resp. But deliver us from evil Vers. Lord hear our prayer Resp. And let our cry come unto thee Vers. The Lord be with us Resp. And with thy Spirit Then pray MErcifully O Lord enter into this thy House that no malice or wickedness of the Devil may reign therein Then throwing Holy Water about the House as before repeat the following Psalms They who trust in the Lord. Unless the Lord build the house Blessed are they that fear the Lord. Then Kyrse Eleyson c. and what follows as before Then cast the Holy Water as before and read the following Psalms Out of the deep c. Remember David Lord c. Behold how good and joyful c. Then Kyrie Eleyson c. and what follows as above This profusion of Holy Water is done out of a belief that Devils are Cats as Cats are supposed to be Devils and that neither can endure to wet their feet I will not trouble my self whether Cats be Devils or Devils Cats but sure it can never be that the Devil should be so terribly afraid of Holy Water when he stands in so much need of a Cooler Men that are not half so hot as he nor come out of half so hot a place drink Snow in their Wine and shall the Devil be afraid of a little cold water Afterwards read the following Gospels in the principal parts of the House When Christ was born in Bethlehem of Juda the Wise-men came from c. And this other At that time the Angel gabriel c. And In that time Jesus went to Jericho and behold a man whose name was Zacheus c. Afterwards bless the Incense after this manner By the Intercession of the blessed Archangel St. Michael who stands at the Altar of Incense and of all his Elect vouchsafe O God to bless this Incense and accept it as an Odor of sweetness Vers. Lord be merciful unto us Resp. And shew us thy salvation Vers. Lord hear our prayer Resp. And let our cry come unto thee Vers. The Lord be with you Resp. And with thy Spirit Then sign the House and all that dwell in it saying at the same time Lord set the sign of Security upon this House and suffer not the destroying Angel to enter in In the Name c. Thus you shall find in Homer and Ovid's Art of Wooing that the Heathens consecrated their Carousing Bowls with Sulphur and the Old women charmed the young peoples Beds with Sulphur and Eggs. If a man had committed any Villany or Murder he was purified by washing his hands in the blood of a Pig And for the lustration or purification of any place they used to fume the said place with the smoke of burnt Brimstone at what time it was the custom to cast a quantity of Salt into a Vessel of Water and with an Olive-branch or any other convenient bough to sprinkle the room or field with the said water as now the Priests water haunted Houses with Holy Water which sprinkling was to be done three times together Thus you find in Ovid's Metamorphosis that Juno returning from Earth to Heaven being the Devil of a Scold was sprinkled three times with water by the Rainbow to fetch the Devil out of her before Jupiter would admit her into his presence fearing a Peal in his Ears They also said several Prayers likewise at the same time as our Priests do For so says Ovid He sprinkled his Locks with Laurel dipped in water and then poured forth his earnest prayers with usual zeal And thus Heathens taught our Popish Priest to purifie haunted Houses and charm the Devil A Most terrible Thundring EXORCISM TO Expel the Devil not only out of Men but Women Which if a Man could be assured of were worth its weight in Gold THE Exorcist coming to eject the Devil must in the first place sign himself with the sign of the Cross and say In the Name of the Father c. Then let him go to the Party possessed and sprinkle him with Holy Water saying at the same time Through the Sprinkling of this Water with the help of God let the Evil Spirit depart from thee and let the power of the Holy Ghost enter and remain with thee for now is the Judgment of this World now shall the Prince of this World be cast forth In the Name c. Pointing to the Body of Christ in the Cup or in the Shrine the Priest must say these words O wicked Spirit here is true Piety Here is he who suffered for our Salvation Now faith he shall the Prince of this World be cast forth This is that Body which was taken from the Body of the Virgin which was stretched out upon the Cross which lay in the Grave which rose from Death and which ascended into Heaven in the sight of his Disciples by the terrible Power of this Majesty I command thee wicked Devil to depart from this Image of God to fly from it and never more to molest it But the Devil 's a true Jailor he seldom takes notice of the first Ha Cor And therefore the Exorcist must fall to his Prayers and say 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 hear our crys Resp. And let our cry come unto thee Then follow the Prayers O Eternal and Omnipotent God who mad'st Heaven and Earth and all that therein is save and deliver this thy Servant from these Evil Spirits and from all Diabolical Power that all men may know how great is thy mercy and how infinite is thy power The second Prayer LOrd Jesus Christ Son of the living God free this thy Servant from all his languishings and from all the disturbances of Ghosts and Evil Spirits through thy most holy compassion The God Sabaoth the God Emmanuel the God Elohim the God Agla free and deliver him by virtue of the Prayers and Merits of the blessed Virgin Mary thy Mother and of all the Saints and by virtue of the Intercession of the blessed Michael the Archangel and all the Angels of St. John Baptist and the holy Apostles Peter Paul Andrew James John Thomas James Philip Bartholomew Simon Thaddeus Barnaby and all the rest of the He-Saints and She-Saints by the Mediation of the Cherubims and Seraphims who continually praise thee saying Holy