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( 11 ) iſſue of them was produced, to wit, the opening of my mouth to ſpeak.

They began by a preternatural courſe of breathing; then my head came to be agitated or ſhaken violently and forcibly, and with a very quick motion horizontally, or from ſide to ſide: then my ſtomach had twitches, not much, unlike an hiccup, afterwards my hands and arms were violently ſhaken, a: length a ſtruggle or labouring in the wind-pipe, and ſometimes a ſort of catching or twitches all over my body; and for about a week before my ſpeaking, I obſerved my tongue was now and then moved involuntarily, as were alſo my lips, my mouth, and jaw ſeverally; all which preparation of the bodily organs I found attended with a conſtant elevation of my ſoul to God; the mind being unaccountably caſt into a frame of ſpiritual joy, holy contempt of all things in the world, and inceſſant prayer, far more earneſt and intent than what I had ever found before. My ſecret prayers were inſeparably attended with the increaſe of thoſe ſymptoms, and during all this time, I ſearched the ſcriptures carefully for my direction, and heedfully conſidered all the advice given me by friends.

After ſo much care, and fear of being deluded, I am the better aſſured, and do affirm without the least doubt, that my agitations and words in the ecſtaſie, are pro-