_Dep. Gov._ By an immediate voice. _Mrs. H._ So to me by an immediate revelation. * * * * * Then she proceeded to state how, through various texts which she cited, the Lord showed her what He would do; and she particularly dwelt on one from Daniel. So far all was well; she had planted herself on ground upon which orthodox opinion was at least divided; but she now committed the one grave error of her long and able defence. As she went on her excitement gained upon her, and she ended by something like a defiance and denunciation: “You have power over my body, but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul; and assure yourselves thus much, you do as much as in you lies to put the Lord Jesus Christ from you, and if you go on in this course you begin, you will bring a curse upon you and your posterity, and the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” * * * * * _Gov._ Daniel was delivered by miracle. Do you think to be delivered so too? _Mrs. H._ I do here speak it before the court. I look that the Lord should deliver me by his providence.... _Dep. Gov._ I desire Mr. Cotton to tell us whether you do approve of Mrs. Hutchinson’s revelations as she hath laid them down. _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. _Gov._ Of all the revelations that ever I read of I never read the like ground laid as is for this. The enthusiasts and Anabaptists had never the like.... _Mr. Peters._ I can say the same ... and I think that is very disputable which our brother Cotton hath spoken.... _Gov._ I am persuaded that the revelation she brings forth is delusion. All the court but some two or three ministers cry out, We all believe it, we all believe it.... * * * * *