Sarah Prat his Wife, being about forty three years old, was also quite deprived of Hearing by sickness, when about the third year of her Age, after she could speak, and had begun to learn Letters, having quite lost Hearing, she lost all speech (doubtless all remembrance and understanding of Words and Language,) her Religious Parents being both dead, her godly Brother Ephraim Hunt (yet surviving) took a Fatherly care of her, she also happily fell under the Guardianship and Tuition of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Thacher, who laboured with design to teach her to understand Speech or Language by Writing, but it was never observed that any thing was really effected; she hath a notable accuracy and quickness of understanding by the Eye, she discourseth altogether by signs, they that are able to discourse with her in that way, will communicate any matter much more ⟨p. 292⟩speedily (and as full) as can be by Speech, and she to them. Her Children sign from the Breast, and learn to speak by their eyes and fingers sooner than by their tongues. She was from her Child-hood naturally sober, and susceptible of good civil Education, but had no knowledge of a Deity, or of any thing that doth concern another life and world. Yet God hath of his infinite mercy, revealed Himself, his Son, and the great Mysteries of Salvation unto her by an Extraordinary and more immoderate working of his Spirit (as tis believed) in a saving work of Conversion. An account of her Experience was taken from her in writing by her Husband; upon which she was Examined by the Elders of the Church, they improving her Husband and two of her Sisters, intelligent persons, and notably skilled in her artificial Language; by whose help they attained good satisfaction, that she understandeth all the Principles of Religion: Those of the Unity of the Divine Essence, Trinity of Persons, the Personal Union, the Mystical Union, they made most diligent enquiry about, and were satisfied that her Knowledge and Experience was distinct and sound, and they hoped saving. She was under great exercise of Spirit, and ⟨p. 293⟩most affectionately concerned for and about her Soul, her Spiritual and Eternal estate. She imparted her self to her Friends, and expressed her desire of help. She made use of the Bible and other good Books, and remar•t such places and passages as suited her condition, and that with tears;
Sarab Prat his Wife, being about forty three years old, was also quite deprived of Hearing by sickness, when about the third year of her Age, after she could speak, and had begun to learn Letters, having quite lost Hearing, she lost all speech (doubtless all remembrance and understanding of Words and Language,) her Religious Parents being both dead, her godly Brother Ephraim Hunt (yet surviving) took a Fatherly care of her, she also happily fell under the Guardianship and Tuition of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Thacher, who laboured with design to teach her to understand Speech or Language by Writing, but it was never observed that any thing was really effected; she hath a notable accuracy and quickness of understanding by the Eye, she discourseth altogether by signs, they that are able to discourse with her in that way, will communicate any matter much more ⟨p. 292⟩speedily (and as full) as can be by Speech, and she to them. Her Children sign from the Breast, and learn to speak by their eyes and fingers sooner than by their tongues. She was from her Child-hood naturally sober, and susceptible of good civil Education, but had no knowledge of a Deity, or of any thing that doth concern another life and world. Yet God hath of his infinite mercy, revealed Himself, his Son, and the great Mysteries of Salvation unto her by an Extraordinary and more immoderate working of his Spirit (as tis believed) in a saving work of Conversion. An account of her Experience was taken from her in writing by her Husband; upon which she was Examined by the Elders of the Church, they improving her Husband and two of her Sisters, intelligent persons, and notably skill'd in her artificial Language; by whose help they attained good satisfaction, that she understandeth all the Principles of Religion: Those of the Unity of the Divine Essence, Trinity of Persons, the Personal Union, the Mystical Union, they made most diligent enquiry about, and were satisfied that her Knowledge and Experience was distinct and sound, and they hoped saving. She was under great exercise of Spirit, and ⟨p. 293⟩most affectionately concerned for and about her Soul, her Spiritual and Eternal estate. She imparted her self to her Friends, and expressed her desire of help. She made use of the Bible and other good Books, and remar•t such places and passages as suited her condition, and that with tears;
