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 God of heaven, God of earth, God of the Angels, God of the
Archangels, God of the Prophets, God of the Apostles, God of
the Martyrs, God of the Virgins, God, Who hast the power to
give life after death, rest after labour; because there is none
other God beside Thee, nor could be true, but Thou, the Creator
of heaven and earth, Who art the true King, and of Whose
kingdom there shall be no end: humbly I beseech Thy glorious
majesty, that Thou wouldest vouchsafe to deliver this Thy
servant from unclean spirits, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE EXORCISM.
I therefore adjure thee, thou most foul spirit, every
appearance, every inroad of Satan, in the Name of Jesus Christ
✠ of Nazareth, Who, after His baptism in Jordan, was led into
the wilderness, and overcame thee in thine own stronghold: that
thou cease to assault him whom He hath formed from the dust
of the earth for His own honour and glory: and that thou in
miserable man tremble not at human weakness, but at the image
of Almighty God. Yield, therefore, to God ✠ Who by His servant
Moses drowned thee and thy malice in Pharaoh and his army in
the depths of the sea. Yield to God ✠ Who put thee to flight
when driven out of King Saul with spiritual song, by his most
faithful servant David. Yield thyself to God ✠ Who condemned
thee in the traitor Judas Iscariot. For He touches thee with
Divine ✠ stripes, when in His sight, trembling and crying out
with thy legions, thou saidst: What have I to do with Thee,
Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Art Thou come hither to
torment us before the time? He presses upon thee with perpetual
flames, Who shall say to the wicked at the end of time—Depart
from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels. For thee, O impious one, and for thy
angels, is the worm that dieth not; for thee and thy angels
is the fire unquenchable prepared: for thou art the chief of
accursed murder, thou the author of incest, thou the head of
sacrileges, thou the master of the worst actions, thou the
teacher of heretics, thou the instigator of all uncleanness.
Therefore go out ✠ thou wicked one, go out ✠, thou infamous
one, go out with all thy deceits; for God hath willed that man
shall be His temple. But why dost thou delay longer here? Give
honour to God the Father ✠ Almighty, before Whom every knee is
bent. Give place to Jesus Christ ✠ the Lord, Who shed for man
His most precious Blood. Give place to the Holy ✠ Ghost, Who by
His blessed Apostle Peter struck thee to the ground in Simon
Magus; Who condemned thy deceit in Ananias and Sapphira; Who
smote thee in Herod, because he gave not God the glory; Who by
his Apostle Paul smote thee in Elymas the sorcerer with a mist
and darkness, and by the same Apostle by his word of command
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