It was subsequently republished in various other editions, down till the recent editions of Mueller, and also of Ludwig in our own country.

In other editions [Note 3] it was omitted, because in some portions of Germany exorcism was rejected at an early day, as stated in the History of the American Lutheran Church.
2.

It is proved that the _practice of exorcism_ was for a long time regarded as a _test of orthodoxy_ in many Lutheran territories of Germany.

Attested by Drs.

Augusti, Baumgarten Crusius and Siegel.