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
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