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cles, and having bent his knees before the Most High, he shall repeat with humility the
following Confession; the which his Disciples shall also do, and they shall recite it in a
low and humble voice, so that they can scarcely be heard.
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The Key of Solomon
Chapter IV
The Confession to be Made by the Exorcist.
Confession.
O Lord of Heaven and of Earth, before Thee do I confess my sins, and lament them,
cast down and humbled in thy presence. For I have sinned before Thee by pride, ava-
rice, and boundless desire of honours and riches; by idleness, gluttony, greed,
debauchery, and drunkenness; because I have offended Thee by all kinds of sins of the
flesh, adulteries, and pollutions, which I have committed myself, and consented that
others should commit; by sacrilege, thefts, rapine, violation, and homicide; by the evil
use I have made of my possessions, by my prodigality, by the sins which I have com-
mitted against Hope and Charity, by my evil advice, flatteries, bribes, and the ill
distribution which I have made of the goods of which I have been possessed; by
repulsing and maltreating the poor, in the distribution which I have made of the
goods committed to my charge, by afflicting those over whom I have been set in
authority, by not visiting the prisoners, by depriving the dead of burial, by not receiv-
ing the poor, by neither feeding the hungry nor giving drink to the thirsty, by never
keeping the Sabbath and the other feasts, by not living chastely and piously on those
days, by the easy consent which I have given to those who incited me to evil deeds, by
injuring instead of aiding those who demanded help from me, by refusing to give ear
unto the cry of the poor, by not respecting the aged, by not keeping my word, by dis-
obedience to my parents, by ingratitude towards those from whom I have received
kindness, by indulgence in sensual pleasures, by irreverent behaviour in the Temple of
God, by unseemly gestures thereat, by entering therein without reverence, by vain and
unprofitable discourse when there, by despising the sacred vessels of the temple, by
turning the holy Ceremonies into ridicule, by touching and eating the sacred bread
with impure lips and with profane hands, and by the neglect of my prayers and
adorations.
I detest also the crimes which I have committed by evil thoughts, vain and impure
meditations, false suspicions, and rash judgments; by the evil consent which I have
readily given unto the advice of the wicked, by lust of impure and sensual pleasures;
by my idle words, my lies, and my deceit; by my false vows in various ways; and by my
continual slander and calumny.
I detest also the crimes which I have committed within; the treachery and discord
which I have incited; my curiosity, greed, false speaking, violence, malediction, mur-
murs, blasphemies, vain words, insults, dissimulations; my sins against God by the
transgression of the ten commandments, by neglect of my duties and obligations, and
by want of love towards God and towards my neighbour.
Furthermore I hate the sins which I have committed in all my senses, by sight, by
hearing, by taste, by smell, and by touch, in every way that human weakness can
offend the Creator; by my carnal thoughts, deeds, and meditations.
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Book One
In which I humbly confess that I have sinned, and recognise myself as being in the
sight of God the most criminal of all men.
I accuse myself before Thee, O God, and I adore Thee with all humility. O ye,
Holy Angels, and ye, Children of God, in your presence I publish my sins, so that
mine Enemy may have no advantage over me, and may not be able to reproach me at
the last day; that he may not be able to say that I have concealed my sins, and that I be
not then accused in the presence of the Lord; but, on the contrary, that on my account
there may be joy in Heaven, as over the just who have confessed their sins in thy
presence.
O Most Almighty and All Powerful Father, grant through Thine unbounded
Mercy that I may both see and know all the Spirits which I invoke, so that by their
means I may see my will and desire accomplished, by The Sovereign grandeur, and by
Thine ineffable and Eternal Glory, Thou Who art and Who wilt be for ever the Pure
and Ineffable Father of ALL.
The Confession having been finished with great humility, and with the inward
feeling of the heart, the Master will recite the following prayer:
Prayer.
O Lord All Powerful, Eternal God and Father of all Creatures, shed upon me the
Divine Influence of Thy Mercy, for I am Thy Creature. I beseech Thee to defend me
from mine Enemies, and to confirm in me true and steadfast faith.
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