A MORNING PRAYER TO BE SPOKEN
BEFORE STARTING ON A JOURNEY, WHICH
WILL SAVE THE PERSON FROM ALL MISHAPS.I (here the name is to be pronounced) will go on a journey to-day; I will
walk upon God’s way, and walk where God himself did walk, and our dear
Lord Jesus Christ, and our dearest Virgin with her dear little babe, with her
seven rings and her true things. Oh, thou! my dear Lord Jesus Christ, I am
thine own, that no dog may bite me, no wolf bite me, and no murderer
secretly approach me; save me, O my God, from sudden death! I am in
God’s hands, and there I will bind myself. In God’s hands I am by our Lord
Jesus’ five wounds, that any gun or other arms may not do me any more
harm than the virginity of our Holy Virgin Mary was injured by the favor of
her beloved Jesus. After this say three Lord’s prayers, the Ave Maria, and
the articles of faith.
A SAFE AND APPROVED
MEANS TO BE APPLIED IN
CASES OF FIRE AND PESTILENCE.Welcome, thou fiery fiend! do not extend further than thou already hast.
This I count unto thee as a repentant act, in the name of God the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost. I command unto thee, fire, by the power of God,
which createth and worketh everything, that thou now do cease, and not
extend any further as certainly as Christ was standing on the Jordan’s
stormy banks, being baptized by John the holy man. This I count unto thee
as a repentant act in the name of the holy Trinity. I command unto thee, fire,
by the power of God, now to abate thy flames; as certainly as Mary retained
her virginity before all ladies who retained theirs, so chaste and pure;
therefore, fire, cease thy wrath. This I count unto thee as a repentant act in
the name of the holy Trinity. I command unto thee, fire, to abate thy heat, by
the precious blood of Jesus Christ, which he has shed for us, and our sins
and transgressions. This I count unto thee, fire, as a repentant act, in the
name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Jesus of Nazareth, a
king of the Jews, help us from this dangerous fire, and guard this land and
its bounds from all epidemic disease and pestilence.