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
that I may be able to make them speak to bind shackle and expel them and force them to fulfil my Commands immediately without muttering at my words but that they may obey me to day to morrow and in all places and at all times more especially by virtue of the Sacred Names and Powers above-written to be able to constrain this Devil or these very Devils that now possess this thy poor Creature to speak and tell me the truth as to what I shall demand of him and for so doing I will praise magnifie laud and adore thy Name The Conjuration I Conjure ye O Devils and unclean Spirits in all parts of the world to whom power has been given to hurt this Creature and all you Ethereal Powers and Infernal Princes inhabiting within this Creature of God of whatsoever quality or condition you be from the South part of the World or from any other part of the Earth I exterminate ye from the Earth I bind ye from the Fire I banish ye from the Winds from the Water from the Caverns of the Rocks I command ye from the Mountains from the Abysses from Hell and from all places under Heaven In the Name c. And by the Authority committed to me by Jesus of Nazareth I charge you to pretend to no farther power of lying or abiding in this Creature and therefore I sentence ye by the Sentence pronounced by the most high Creator I command ye likewise that all fraud fallacy and deceit being laid aside you tell us didirectly your Names and by the same Sentence I discharge you out of this Body and send you to the Infernal Therefore depart accursed Spirits into Eternal Fire prepared for you and the rest of your Companions For by the virtue of those most holy Names by those most holy Names themselves I send ye to the bottom of the Abyss El Elohim Eloa Sabaoth Helion Esereheie Adonai Jehova Jah Tetragrammaton Sadai Messias Agla Ischyros Otheos Athanatos Soter Emmanuel Hagios Jesus Christus Alpha and Omega I send ye to the bottom of the Abyss and tie ye up from having any farther power over this Creature of God and that you neither posses that place nor any other by virtue of the above-mentioned Names and by him that sits on the Throne by whose Power I condemn ye to the eternal Burnings in fire everlasting and there I chain ye till the day of Judgment Now Gentlemen do not you think we should have a brave time on 't could these Exorcists but do as they say Alas we should not have a Devil of any sort or size stirring at this side the great Lake But alas there are some of opinion That if the Devil would go with a good Fee in his hand either to the Fleet or Kings Bench and take Counsel he would there find that none of these Exorcisms would stand good in Law or if they did he would there find such cunning pieces of Ingenuity as would make him too hard for all the Exorcists in the World And indeed the Devil had need of good advice and good friends considering what follows The second Conjuration AGain I conjure ye O Devils above-mentioned Rebels against God by the Virgin Mary Mother of Christ by her Nativity by her Conception by her most holy Milk which was suckt by him who is called Alpha and Omega by her Merits and by all the most blessed Names of the Virgin as Virgin Flower Cloud God-bearing Queen Empress Lady Aurora Handmaid Fountain Well Moon Sun Portal House Blessed Glory most Benign Pious Court Bramble Ladder Star Tower Assister Ark Bridechamber Pearl Tabernacle Friend Vail FairMother beautiful Soul blessed Rose Mary the Spouse By all these Names above-mentioned I command and send ye and throw ye down headlong into the Lake of Brimstone and Fire and thither perpetually condemn ye And the foresaid Virgin Mary and all the hoIy Virgins and chast Women rejoice with Christ in Heaven so by virtue of his Passion I enjoin ye to depart for ever from this Creature otherwise by all the aforesaid Names and words and by all the aforesaid words and things I condemn ye ipso facto without mercy to all the Damnation and Torments before expressed as Rebels to God The Papists affirm That when this Sentence was proclaimed in Hell there was such a horrid roaring and bellowing among the Devils that it was heard over all the Land of the Antipodes even as far as Ethiopia But you must know that when the Priest pronounced this Sentence he laid his Book upon the Head of the Demoniac and holding forth a Crucifix to the Devil said these words BY the Prayers of this Book and by all their Efficacy by all the Miracles and words of our Saviour by all the Prayers which are made in Heaven and Earth By all the Powers in Heaven and by all the virtue of the most holy Names of God I command ye to retire from hence and that you do not dare to do what we command ye otherwise we will cast ye headlong into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone to be burnt alive Therefore in whatsoever part of this Body ye are whether within or without come and behold the Sign of the Cross consecrated by our great Creator Jesus Christ for by virtue of that you are bound to obey us And therefore by virtue of that we constrain ye to appear before Us whether ye will or no for the words of God which proceed out of our mouth are most burning fires which shall burn ye eternally and this is the Cross at which all the World trembles and every Creature quakes for fear and you are Rebels to ours and your own Creator Be ye therefore accursed and excommunicated in eternal Torment and may ye never rest at any time if ye do not presently obey these Commands of mine laid upon ye by the Power of Christ and the words which are said of him who causes all the World to tremble A fair Sentence to be pronounced against the Devil possessing Man or Woman BEing as it were the Vicar of the Supreme Judge by virtue of the Power delivered to me by Him I thus declare pronounce and command That without delay and all excuses set aside you forsake this Creature whom you have so long molested and leave him to enjoy his former health and that you never hereafter adventure to trouble him again I also by the Authority aforesaid enjoin and command Lucifer Belzebub and Satan and all the Infernal Furies That presently and without delay they throw themselves headlong into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone and that without any impartiality they bind and torment one another till the day of Judgment And because ye rebelled against your Creator and against Us and neglected the words and sayings of the Virgin Mary the holy Apostles and Evangelists Martyrs and Confessors c. I therefore condemn ye to Infernal Punishment and to those Fires that shall torment
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
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