LORD. And we beseech thee to grant, that thou wouldst be present in this House in the fame merciful Manner, to overturn the Frauds of the Devil, as thou waft mercifully present with King Solomon in the Houfe which he built thee: By the fame our LORD JESUS CHRIST thy Son, who livest and reignest with thee in Unity of the Holy Ghost, Gop for ever and Amen.

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The Office on Saturday.

On the Sabbath, all Things being done which are order'd on Munday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and other Things omitted, as is fhewn by Notes in thofe Places, together with the Verficles of the Prayer and the Prayer itself, let him fearch through the whole Houfe, and fay,

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The LESSON. S. Mark iii. 11.

ND unclean Spirits when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, faying, Thou art the Son of God. And he ftraitly charged them that they fhould not make him known. And he goeth up into a Mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: And they came unto him. And he ordained twelve, that they fhould be with him, and that he

might fend them forth to preach; and to have Power to heal Sickneffes, and to caft out Devils.

V. The Sparrow hath found her an House. R. And the Turtle a Nest where she may lay her Young.

The PRAYER.

YRANT, O LORD GOD, unto us thy Servants, that we

GRANT, CLO De may enjoy perpetual

Peace of Mind and Soundness of Body, and by the Interceffion of the glorious and blessed Mary, always a Virgin, be delivered from our prefent Sorrow, and obtain thy everlasting Joy, through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. And be thou so present with us thy humble Servants, that as when the Priests came out of the Tabernacle, the Cloud of thy Glory filled thy whole House; fo let thy Grace illuminate this House to us that go into it, that it may be delivered from the Workings of the Devil, and be a Dwelling for Men, replenish'd with all Benediction, through the fame our LORD JESUS CHRIST thy Son, who liveft and reigneft with thee in the Unity of the Holy Spirit, God, World without End. Amen.

The Office on Sunday.

N Sunday, after the Prieft has placed himfelf in one of the largest and most fumptuous Parts of the Houfe, he fhall direct this Exorcifm to the Demons that haunt it, faying,

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Exorcife O you, ye Demons, who have thus boldly prefum'd to invade. this Habitation of Men, and give such Difquietude to its Inhabitants, by the Tri-une God, whose is the Earth, and the fulness thereof, the round World, and they that dwell therein; by our LORD JESUS CHRIST, who continuing what he was, made himself Man, conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of a Virgin, and who for our Sakes, when he had undergone many Sufferings, underwent alfo the Torment of the cruel Crofs, upon which he bowed his Head, and gave up the Ghost, that he might obtain for us, abundant Grace in the prefent Life, and in the World to come Life everlasting. By all the Grace acquir'd for us; by the Grace of Faith conferr'd in Baptism, of Fortitude in Confirmation, of Charity in the Eucharist, of Justice in Pennance, of Hope in extream Unction, of Temperance in Matrimony, and of Prudence iu holy Orders, and by all holy Men and Women, the Saints of GOD, who now inherit eternal Glory, and by all their Merits; that

you

you remove this your prefumptuous Power from this Houfe, and continue here no longer, nor any more vex its Inhabitants.

Then let him exorcife the whole House by saying,

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Exorcife this Houfe, which was built for the

Ufe of humane Kind, by the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, the omnipotent GoD, who built the House of the whole World for Man, and put all Things in it in Subjection under his Feet; and by CHRIST our LORD, who is the Fountain of all Grace, and the Origin of all Virtue; by his unparallel'd Poverty, of which he truely faid, The Foxes have Holes, and the Birds of the Air have Nefts, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his Head. By his Meekness, he himself faying of it, Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in Heart: By his Weeping. when he beheld the City Jerufalem and wept over it, faying, If thou hadst known: By the Hunger and Thirst of his Righteousness, saying, My Meat is to do the Will of my Father which is in Heaven: By his Mercy which excited him to fay, I will have Mercy and not Sacrifice: By his Purity of Heart, of which he could say, ·Be ye holy, for I am holy: By the Peace which he always loved, as at the laft he fhewed, when he faid, Peace I leave with you, my Peace I give unto you: And by that Perfecution which he fuffer'd for Righteoufnefs Sake,

which he himself attefts, faying, If they have perfecuted me, they will also perfecute you: And by the Holy Apostles, and by the Effusion of their Blood, and by all holy Men and holy Women; that thou mayeft be bleffed, and obtain from GOD above, fuch Virtue by our Ministry, that thou mayst become to the evil Spirits a new Hell, and a burning Furnace of eternal Horror, fo that they may flee from every Corner, and leave thee intirely free, that thou mayft become a comfortable Habitation for Men, and that God may ever be glorified.

After that, let him blefs the Houfe in the following Manner.

V. O LORD hear my Prayer.

R. And let my Cry come unto thee.
V. He hath blefs'd the House of Ifrael.
R. He hath blefs'd the House of Aaron.

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HOU, O LORD of all Things, who haft Need of nothing, wast pleased that the Temple of thine Habitation fhould be among us; and therefore now, O Holy LORD of all Holinefs, keep this House ever undefiled, which lately was cleanfed. And grant unto us the Abundance of thy Goodness, that this Houfe may be bleffed † and fanctified of

* Mac. B. 2. C. 14.

thee