The history of witchcraft and demonologySummers, Montague
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The history of witchcraft and demonology
Summers, Montague
Demonology; Demonology -- History; Witchcraft; Witchcraft -- History
O holy Lord, Father Almighty, Eternal God, the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ: Who hast assigned that tyrant and apostate
to the fires of hell; and hast sent Thine Only Begotten Son
into the world, that He might bruise him as he roars after
his prey: make haste, tarry not, to deliver this man, created
in Thine Own image and likeness, from ruin, and from the
noon-day devil. Send Thy fear, O Lord, upon the wild beast,
which devoureth Thy vine. Grant Thy servants boldness to fight
bravely against that wicked dragon, lest he despise them that
put their trust in Thee, and say, as once he spake in Pharaoh:
I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. Let Thy
right hand in power compel him to depart from Thy servant N.
(or Thy handmaid N.) ✠, that he dare no longer to hold him
captive, whom Thou hast vouchsafed to make in Thine image, and
hast redeemed in Thy Son; Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in
the Unity of the Holy Spirit, ever One God, world without end.
Amen.
_Then he shall command the spirit in this manner._
I command thee, whosoever thou art, thou unclean spirit, and
all thy companions possessing this servant of God, that by
the Mysteries of the Incarnation, Passion, Resurrection and
Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, by the sending of the Holy
Ghost, and by the Coming of the same our Lord to judgment,
thou tell me thy name, the day, and the hour of thy going out,
by some sign: and, that to me, a minister of God, although
unworthy, thou be wholly obedient in all things: nor hurt this
creature of God, or those that stand by, or their goods in any
way.
_Then shall these Gospels, or one or the other, be read over
the possessed._
The Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to S. John i. 1. _As he
says these words he shall sign himself and the possessed on the
forehead, mouth, and breast._ In the beginning was the Word ...
full of grace and truth.
The Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to S. Mark xvi. 15. At
that time: Jesus spake unto His disciples: Go ye into all the
world ... shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
The Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to S. Luke x. 17. At
that time: The seventy returned again with joy ... because your
names are written in heaven.
The Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to S. Luke xi. 14. At
that time: Jesus was casting out a devil, and it was dumb ...
wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
℣. Lord, hear my prayer,
℟. And let my cry come unto Thee.
℣. The Lord be with you,
℟. And with thy Spirit.
Let us pray.
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