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Therefore thou (hale pray thus :
OLord of heaven and earth, Creator and Maker of all things vifible and invifible • J, though unworthy, by thy affiflance call upon thee , through thy onelj-begotten Son jefus Chrifl our Lord, that thou wilt give unto me th) holy Spirit , to diretl me in thy truth unto all good. Amen.
Beeaufe I earneftly defre perfectly to knot* the Arts of this life, andfuch things as are neceffary for us , which arc fo over- .whelmedindark^cp, and polluted wish infinite humane opinions, that J of mj own power can attain to no knowledge in them, unlefi thou teach it me : Grant me therefore one of thy fpirits, who may teach me thofe things which thou wouldefrhave me to know and learn , to thy praife and glory, and the profit of our neighbour. Give me a/fo an apt and teachable heart, that I may eafily under' ft and thofe things which thou (halt teach me , and may hide them in my undcrftanding , that I may bring them forth at out of thy inexhaufiible treafures, to all neceffary ufes. And give me grace, that 1 may ufe fuch thy gifts humbly, with fear and trembling, through our Lord Jefus Chrifl, with thy holy Spirit. Amen.
The third Septenary.
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They are called Oljmpicl^ fpirits , which do inhabit in the firmament, and in the ftars of the firmament : and the office of thefe fpirits is to declare Deftinies, and to adminifler fatal Charms , fo far forth as God pleafeth to permit them : for nothing, neither evil fpiric nor evil Deftiny, (hall be able to hurt him who hath the mod High for his refuge. If there- fore any of the OlympicJ^Cp'uks (hall reach or declare that which his ftar to which he is appointed portendeth, nevcr- thelefs he can bring forch nothing into action, unlefs he be permitted by the Divine power. It is God alone who gtveth them power to effeft ir, U nto God the maker of all things,
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