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of him who cast out, and fitted pupils of eyes, missing from the womb, with clay for the blind to see again, and renewed the ancient fashioning of our race, and restored speech to the mute, of him who wiped away the marks of leprosy, and raised the dead from their tombs, of him who spoke to men until his burial, and despoiled Hades by his resurrection, and made all humanity proof against death. I adjure you by God the almighty, who inspired men with his God-breathed voice, and worked with the apostles, and filled the whole world with piety. Be afraid, flee, run away, depart, unclean and unholy demon, chthonic, abyssal, deceitful, formless, visible through shamelessness, invisible through hypocrisy, wherever you may be, or are going; whether you are Beelzebub himself, or a shaker, or dragon-like, or beast-faced, or like a vapor, or like a bird, or chattering by night, or deaf, or mute, or terrifying by assault, or convulsing, or plotting, or in deep sleep, or in sickness, or in weakness, or roaming in laughter, or causing pleasure-loving tears, or lecherous, or foul-smelling, or lustful, or pleasure-seeking, or poison-loving, or love-crazed, or astrological-magical, or house-dwelling, or shameless, or contentious, or restless, or changing with the moon, or turning with some season, or of the morning, or of noonday, or of midnight, or of some untimely hour, or of dawn, or you met him by chance, or were sent by someone, or you approached suddenly, either in the sea, or in a river, or under the earth, or of a well, or of a cliff, or from a pit, of a lake, or of a reed-bed, or of a wood, or of a land, or of an unclean place, or of a grove, or of an oak-wood, or of a tree, or of a bird, or of thunder, or from the roof of a bath, or in a pool of water, or from an idolatrous tomb, or from where we know, and know not, known, or unknown, and from an unconsidered place; be divided and depart, be ashamed of the image fashioned and formed by the hand of God. Fear the likeness of the incarnate God, and do not hide in this servant of God, but an iron rod and a furnace of fire, and Tartarus, and the gnashing of teeth, the penalty for disobedience awaits you.

Be afraid, be muzzled, flee, do not turn back, do not hide with other wickedness of unclean spirits; but go away into a waterless land, desert, uncultivated, which man does not inhabit, God alone watches over, who binds all who bewitch and plot against his image, and casts into Tartarus with chains of darkness for a long night and day, you who are experienced in all evils, and inventor devil. For great is the fear of God, and great is the glory of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. {1 Another prayer of the same.}1 O God of the heavens, O God of lights, O God of the angels who are under your strength, O God of the archangels who are under your dominion, O God of the 31.1684 glorious dominions, O God of the saints, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who freed the souls bound by death, who enlightened the man fixed to darkness through your only-begotten Son, who loosed our pains, and scattered every burden, who separated every attack of the enemy from us, O Son and Word of God, who immortalized us by your death, and glorified us with your glory, who by your resurrection granted that men proceed to God, who bore every bond of our sins through your cross, who took up our brokenness, and healed it, O Lord, who made a way for us to the heavens, and transformed corruption into incorruption; hear me crying out to you with longing and fear, before whom the mountains melt in fear with the firmament under heaven, by whose power the mute souls of the elements shudder to keep their own bounds, through whom the fire of vengeance will not overstep the bounds assigned to it,

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ἐκδιώξαντος, καὶ κόρας ὀμμάτων ἀπὸ μήτρας λειπούσας πηλῷ τυφλοῖς ἀναβλέψαι ἐναρμόσαντος, καὶ τὴν ἀρχαίαν τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν διάπλασιν ἀνα καινίσαντος, καὶ ἀλάλοις τὸ λαλεῖν ἀνορθώσαντος, τοῦ στίγματα λέπρας ἀποσμήξαντος, καὶ νεκροὺς ἐκ τῶν τάφων ἀναστήσαντος, τοῦ μέχρι ταφῆς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὁμιλήσαντος, καὶ τὸν ᾅδην ἐγέρσει σκυ λεύσαντος, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀνθρωπότητα ἀνάλωτον τῷ θανάτῳ κατασκευάσαντος. Ὁρκίζω σε κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ παντοκράτορος, τοῦ τῇ θεοπνεύστῳ φωνῇ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐμπνεύσαντος, καὶ τοῖς ἀποστόλοις συμπράξαντος, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην εὐσεβείας πληρώσαντος. Φοβήθητι, φύγε, δραπέτευσον, ἀνα χώρησον, δαιμόνιον ἀκάθαρτον καὶ ἀναγὲς, κατα χθόνιον, βύθιον, ἀπατηλὸν, ἄμορφον, θεατὸν δι' ἀναίδειαν, ἀθέατον διὰ τὴν ὑπόκρισιν, ὅπου ἂν τυγχά νῃς, ἢ ἀπέρχῃ· ἢ αὐτὸς εἶ Βεελζεβοὺβ, ἢ κατασείων, ἢ δρακοντοειδὴς, ἢ θηριοπρόσωπος, ἢ ὡς ἀτμὶς, ἢ ὡς πετεινὸν, ἢ νυκτίλαλον, ἢ κωφὸν, ἢ ἄλαλον, ἢ ἐκφοβοῦν ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς, ἢ σπαράσσον, ἢ ἐπιβουλεῦον, ἢ ἐν ὕπνῳ βαρεῖ, ἢ ἐν νόσῳ, ἢ ἐν μαλακίᾳ, ἢ ἐν γέλωτι ῥέμβον, ἢ δάκρυα φιλήδονα ἐμποιοῦν, ἢ λάγνον, ἢ δυσ ῶδες, ἢ ἐπιθυμητικὸν, ἢ ἡδονικὸν, ἢ φαρμακόφιλον, ἢ ἐρωτομανὲς, ἢ ἀστρομαγικὸν, ἢ ἐνοικηματικὸν, ἢ ἀναιδὲς, ἢ φιλόνεικον, ἢ ἀκατάστατον, ἢ τῇ σελήνῃ συναλλοιούμενον, ἢ χρόνῳ τινὶ συντρεπόμενον, ἢ ὀρθρινὸν, ἢ μεσημβρινὸν, ἢ μεσονυκτικὸν, ἢ ἀωρίας τινὸς, ἢ αὐγῆς, ἢ αὐτομάτως συνήντησας, ἢ ἐπέμ φθης ὑπό τινος, ἢ προσεπέλασας ἄφνω, ἢ ἐν θα λάσσῃ, ἢ ἐν ποταμῷ, ἢ ὑπὸ γῆς, ἢ φρέατος, ἢ κρημνοῦ, ἢ ἐκ λάκκου, ἢ λίμνης, ἢ καλαμῶνος, ἢ ὕλης, ἢ ἀπογαίου, ἢ ἀκαθάρτου, ἢ ἄλσους, ἢ δρυμῶνος, ἢ δένδρου, ἢ ὀρνέου, ἢ βροντῆς, ἢ ἐκ στέγης λουτροῦ, ἢ ἐν κολυμβήθρᾳ ὑδάτων, ἢ ἐκ μνήματος εἰδωλικοῦ, ἢ ὅθεν ἴσμεν, καὶ οὐκ ἴσμεν, γνωστὸν, ἢ ἄγνωστον, καὶ ἐξ ἀπερισκέπτου τόπου· μερίσθητι καὶ ἀπαλλάγηθι, αἰσχύνθητι τὴν εἰκόνα τῇ χειρὶ Θεοῦ πλασθεῖσαν καὶ μορφωθεῖσαν. Φοβήθητι τοῦ σαρκωθέντος Θεοῦ τὸ ὁμοίωμα, καὶ μὴ ἐγκρυβῇς εἰς τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ Θεοῦ τόνδε, ἀλλὰ ῥάβδος σιδηρᾶ καὶ κάμινος πυρὸς, καὶ τάρταρος, καὶ ὀδόντων βρυγμὸς, ἄμυνα τῆς παρακοῆς σε περιμένει.

Φοβήθητι, φιμώθητι, φύγε, μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς, μὴ ὑποκρυβῇς μεθ' ἑτέρας πονηρίας πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων· ἀλλὰ ἄπελθε εἰς γῆν ἄνυδρον, ἔρημον, ἀγεώργητον, ἣν ἄνθρωπος οὐκ οἰκεῖ, Θεὸς μόνος ἐπισκοπεῖ, ὁ δεσμεύων πάντας τοὺς βασκαίνοντας καὶ ἐπιβουλεύοντας τῇ αὐτοῦ εἰκόνι, καὶ σειραῖς ζόφου ταρταρώσας εἰς μακρὰν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν σὲ πάντων τῶν κακῶν πεπειραμένον, καὶ ἐφευρετὴν διάβολον. Ὅτι μέγας ὁ φόβος τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ μεγάλη ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. {1 Εὐχὴ ἑτέρα τοῦ αὐτοῦ.}1 Ὁ Θεὸς τῶν οὐρανῶν, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν φώτων, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν ἰσχὺν, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν ἀρχαγγέλων τῶν ὑπὸ τὸ σὸν κράτος, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν 31.1684 ἐνδόξων κυριοτήτων, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν ἁγίων, ὁ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ τὰς δεσμευθείσας τῷ θανάτῳ ψυχὰς λύσας, ὁ τὸν προσηλωθέντα ἄνθρωπον τῷ σκότει διὰ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ φωτίσας, ὁ λύσας τὰς ὀδύνας ἡμῶν, καὶ πᾶν βάρος ἀποσκεδάσας, ὁ πᾶσαν τὴν προσβολὴν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ἀφ' ἡμῶν χωρίσας, Υἱὲ καὶ Λόγε τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ ἀπαθανατίσας ἡμᾶς τῷ θανάτῳ σου, καὶ δοξάσας ἡμᾶς τῇ δόξῃ σου, ὁ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων χωρεῖν εἰς Θεὸν ἐγέρσει τῇ σῇ χαρισάμενος, ὁ πάντα δεσμὸν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ σου βαστάσας, ὁ τὸ σύντριμμα ἡμῶν ἀναλαβὼν, καὶ ἰασάμενος, Κύριε, ὁ ὁδοποιήσας ἡμῖν ὁδὸν εἰς οὐρανοὺς, καὶ φθορὰν εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν μετασκευάσας· εἰσάκουσόν μου πόθῳ καὶ φόβῳ κεκραγότος πρὸς σὲ οὗ τὰ ὄρη τῷ φόβῳ τήκονται σὺν τῷ στερεώματι τῆς ὑπ' οὐρανὸν, οὗ τῇ δυνάμει ἄλαλοι στοιχείων ψυχαὶ φρίττουσι τηρῆσαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν ὅρους, δι' οὗ τὸ πῦρ τὸ τῆς ἐκδικήσεως οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται ὅρους τοὺς ταχθέντας αὐτῷ,