The book of protection : being a collection of charms, now edited for the first time from Syriac mss / with translation, introduction, and notes by Hermann Gollancz ... with 27 illustrations.

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1912
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Credit: The book of protection : being a collection of charms, now edited for the first time from Syriac mss / with translation, introduction, and notes by Hermann Gollancz ... with 27 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hosts, may the head of all wicked persons be humbled before the one who beareth these writs by the sword of the Synod and by the stones of Philon O Lord, God of Hosts^ as thou didst cause Joseph to go forth from the prison-house, and didst preserve Moses from the hands of King Pharaoh, and didst deliver David from Saul, and didst save Elijah from Ahab, and those of the house of Hananiah from the fiery furnace, and Daniel from the Babylonians, so, I beseech thee, O Lord, God of Hosts, that this thy servant who beareth these writs may have an open and winning countenance before kings, men in authority, men of violence, chiefs and captains of the host, as had Peter, Paul, and Gabriel. In like manner, O Lord, God of Hosts, as thou didst rejoice thy disciples in the city Cana so rejoice thou this thy servant who beareth these [writs] before kings and the authorities, that the mouths and tongues of evil persons be bound away from him. So be it. Amen ! § 7. [Pkayer which is of avail] before the authorities. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. I mount the lion and the young dragon. Save us, O Lord, from the man of wickedness by the word and commandment of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who overthrew kings (depriving them) of their crowns, and chiefs, magistrates, rulers and governors (depriving them) of their thrones. By that power which was with Joseph in the land of Egypt, may the beauty of the one who beareth these writs shine before kina's and rulers, as the sun in the days of Msan, and as the moon in ^ I shall be glad to have some light thrown upon the meaning of this latter clause. I was once informed by a native of Mesopotamia that the front of the dress of the priests of Chaldea is adorned with ‘ stones But is the robe itself called Pylon or Philon ? Or, does ‘ the Synod ’ suggest the Greek ‘ Council ’ called Fylaea, UvXaia, for ? 2 John ii, 1-11.
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