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( 13 ) ing thereof would be ſuch a henious crime as would deſerve that I ſhould be ſtruck down inſtantly into hell: it is a great comfort to me (and the means of my aſſurance that I am no longer in my natural liberty of thought and ſpeech at ſuch times) that my agitations generally hold me a quarter of an hour before I ſpeak; which time is generally employed in mental prayer and acts of reſignation, without the leaſt previous thought for the moſt part, of what at length is ſpoken, though ſometimes indeed ſome few words may be repreſented to try intellect perhaps a minute before. I know aſſuredly, that no trouble of mind, nor melancholy, for a propoſſeſſion of prophetical ſchemes, drew me into the ſtate that I am under: I enjoy at this time, through mercy, a perfect health, without any pain, ſickneſs, or weakneſs whatſoever, or any ſort of diſorder proceeding from the frequent ecſtatic agitations; ſleep ordinarily ſeven hours in twenty four; I have a good appetite and digeſtion; and I appeal to all perſons with whom I converſe about my neceſſary affairs, and to ſuch other company as does daily occur to me, whether I am otherwiſe ide myſelf, than only to God.

As to my obſervation of the Lord's-day, t has pleaſed God to vouchſaſe in his gracious viſits more frequently and ſolemnly on thoſe days than on others; therefore with joy and comfort wait for them; a voice