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to_o follow_v fly_n burn_v their_o leg_n in_o the_o fire_n and_o some_o to_o kill_v themselves_o as_o in_o the_o relation_n which_o gilpin_n tordervy_n and_o other_o have_v give_v of_o themselves_o and_o be_v tell_v by_o these_o spirit_n that_o these_o quaking_n be_v the_o working_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o they_o and_o therefore_o bid_v to_o rejoice_v in_o they_o and_o when_o they_o come_v on_o it_o of_o these_o fit_n they_o express_v the_o great_a joy_n they_o have_v in_o they_o though_o mix_v with_o intolerable_a pain_n and_o therefore_o many_o long_v for_o they_o 5._o they_o exceed_v any_o convulsion_n or_o natural_a disease_n see_v the_o account_n in_o the_o sn._n