Mr. C. I know not whether I do understand her, but this I say, if she doth expect a deliverance in a way of providence, then I cannot deny it.
Gov. ... I see a marvellous providence of God to bring things to this pass.... God by a providence hath answered our desires, and made her to lay open herself and the ground of all these disturbances to be by revelations. . . .
Court. We all consent with you.
Gov. Ey, it is the most desperate enthusiasm in the world....
Mr. Endicott. I speak in reference to Mr. Cotton.... Whether do you witness for her or against her.
Mr. C. This is that I said, sir, and my answer is plain, that if she doth look for deliverance from the hand of God by his providence, and the revelation be ... according to a word [of Scripture] that I cannot deny.
Mr. Endicott. You give me satisfaction.
Dep. Gov. No, no, he gives me none at all....
Mr. C. I pray, sir, give me leave to express myself. In that sense that she speaks I dare not bear witness against it.
Mr. Nowell. I think it is a devilish delusion.