under whose power we are born by original sin. "I I exorcise thee," says he, "O unclean spirit, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, that thou mayest go out, and depart from this servant of God. For he commands thee, (0 thou cursed and condemned wretch,) who with his feet walked upon the sea, and stretched forth his right hand to Peter that was sinking. Therefore, O accursed devil, remember thy sentence, and give honour to the living and true God. Give honour to Jesus Christ, his Son, and to the Holy Ghost, and depart from this servant of God. For our God and Lord Jesus Christ, has vouchsafed to call him to his holy grace, and blessing, and to the font of baptism." Then he signs the forehead with the sign of the Cross, saying, "And this sign of the Cross, which we imprint on his forehead, mayst thou, O cursed devil, never dare to violate, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen." "All that has been hitherto set down of the prayers and ceremonies of baptism, is usually performed in the porch or entry of the church, to signify that the catechumen, or person that is to be baptized, is not worthy to enter into the church, till the devil first be cast out of his soul. But after these prayers and exorcisms the priest reaches forth the extremity of his stole to the catechumen, or if it be an infant, lays it upon him, and so introduces him into the Church, saying, Come into the temple of God, that thou mayest have part with Christ, unto everlasting life. Amen.' 66 وو Being come into the church, the priest, jointly with the party that is to be baptized, or, if it be an infant, with the godfather and godmother, recites aloud the Apostles' creed and the Lord's prayer. Then he reads another exorcism over the catechumen, commanding the devil to depart, in the name, and by the power, of the most blessed Trinity. After which, in imitation of Christ, who cured with his spittle the man that was deaf and dumb, he wets his finger with his spittle, and touches first the ears of the catechumen, saying, Ephphata, that is, Be thou opened; then his nostrils, adding these words, Unto the odour of sweetness. But be thou put to flight, O devil, for the judgements of God will be at hand. By which the Church instructs her cateceremony chumens to have their ears open to God's truth, and to smell its sweetness, and begs this grace for them.” 2 Other ceremonies follow of unction on the breast, and between the shoulders, and on the top of the head of the catechumen,—of putting the chrysom upon the head, and of putting a lighted candle into the hand of the catechumen, with which, accompanied with the priest's exhortation and benediction, the sacrament is concluded. P |