llor in the case against Mr. Wilson in which it was charged
that the latter denied the doctrine of eternal punishment. The court
decided that it did "not find in the formularies of the English Church
any such distinct declaration upon the subject as to require it to
punish the expression of a hope by a clergyman that even the ultimate
pardon of the wicked who are condemned in the day of judgment may be
consistent with the will of Almighty God." The following is the
epitaph:

"RICHARD BARON WESTBURY,
Lord High Chancellor of England.
He was an eminent Christian,
An energetic and merciful Statesman,
And a still more eminent and merciful Judge.
During his three years' tenure of office
He abolished the ancient method of conveying land,
The time-honored institution of the Insolvents' Court,
And
The Eternity of Punishment.
Toward the close of his earthly career,
In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,
He dismissed Hell with costs,
And took away from Orthodox members of the
Church of England
Their last hope of everlasting damnation."[13]

In the Middle Ages there was a strange and incongruous mixture of
medicine and exorcism. Notice the following prescriptions:

"If an elf or a goblin come, smear his forehead with
this salve, put it on his eyes, cense him with incense,
and sign him frequently with the sign of the cross."

"For a fiend-sick man: When a devil possesses a man, or
controls him from within with disease, a spew-drink of
lupin, bishopwort, henbane, garlic. Pound these
together, add ale and holy water."

"A drink for a fiend-sick man, to be drunk out of a
church bell: Githrife, cynoglossum, yarrow, lupin,
flower-de-luce, fennel, lichen, lovage. Work up to a
drink with clear ale, sing seven masses over it, add
garlic and holy water, and let the possessed sing the
_Beati Immaculati_; then let him drink the dose out of a
church bell, and let the priest sing over him the
_Domine Sancte Pater Omnipotens_."[14]

Three methods of driving out demons from the insane were used: the
main weapon against the devil and his angels has always been exorcism
by means of ecclesiastical formula and signs. These formulas
degenerated at one time to the vilest cursings, threatenings, and
vulgarities. A second means was by an effort to disgust the demon and
wound his pride. This might simply precede the