Note 84 — LETTERS AND PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS. ———— ELECTRICITY. (continued 4)
Reading edition
Suivant le rituel de Paris, lorsqu'on benit des cloches, on recite les oraisons suivantes:
Benedic, Domine ... quotiescumque sonuerit, procul recedat virtus insidiantium, umbra phantasmatis, incursio turbinum, percussio fulminum, læsio tonitruum, calamitas tempestatum, omnisque spiritus procellarum, &c.
Deus, qui per beatum Moïsen, &c. ... procul pellentur insidiæ inimici, fragor grandinum, procella turbinum, impetus tempestatum, temperentur infesta tonitrua. &c.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, &c. ... ut ante sonitum ejus effugentur ignita jacula inimici, percussio fulminum, impetus lapidum, læsio tempestatum, &c.