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martha hatfield

martha hatfield -lrb- also known as the wise virgin -rrb- -lrb- fl .
1652 -rrb- was an english puritan prophet .
hatfield was born in leighton , north yorkshire , england in the 17th century .
her parents were faith westley and anthony hatfield .
in april 1652 , hatfield became ill with a type of catalepsy .
she became paralyzed , blind , deaf and mute .
this lasted for seventeen days .
when she recovered she began `` rambling '' about religious subjects and started quoting scriptures .
what she said was documented by john and peter , the songs of edward rodes , and another man named john cromwell .
on 8 september 1652 she became mute again .
she remained mute until 7 december 1652 .
however , her second recovery did not have any prophetic moments .
in 1653 , her uncle , james fisher , who founded the first presbyterian church in sheffield , england , wrote a book about hatfield and her prophetic dialogue called `` the wise virgin '' .
the book was a best seller and was reprinted multiple times .
