things that pertain to Christian experience, are
Sometimes the vehemence of the motion of the animal spirits under great affections, is owing in considerable measure, to experiences being partial in this way. I have known in several instances, that people have been greatly affected with the dying love of Christ, and with their consideration of the happiness of enjoying him in heaven, and other things of that nature. At the same time, their animal spirits have been in a great commotion; but in the midst of it, they gave them a deep sense of the awful, holy majesty of God. And that has at once composed them and quieted their animal nature, without diminishing their comfort; it only made it of a better and more solid nature. Once they had a sense of both the majesty and grace of God, the one balanced the other, and caused a happier sedateness and composure of body and mind.
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From these things we may learn how to judge experiences, and estimate their goodness. The best experiences are not always the ones attended with the most violent affections, and the most vehement motions of the animal spirits, or that have the greatest effects on the body. Nor are they the ones that most dispose people to abound in talking to others, and speaking in the most vehement manner (though these things often arise from the greatness of spiritual experiences). But those experiences are the most excellent, which are qualified as follows:
1. They have the least mixture, or are the most purely spiritual. 2. They are the least deficient and partial; i.e., the diverse things that pertain to Christian experience, are proportionate to one another. And, 3. They are raised to the highest degree. It doesn't matter how high they are raised. If they are qualified as mentioned earlier, then the higher the better. Experiences thus qualified will be attended with the most amiable behavior, and they will produce the most solid and sweet fruits, be the most durable, and have the greatest effect on the abiding temper of the soul.