i include a statement by john wesley, founder of the methodist church:
it is hard to find words in the language of men to explain the deep things of god. indeed, there are none that will adequately express what the spirit of god works in his children. but . . . by the testimony of the spirit, i mean, an inward impression on the soul [in my writings i have addressed how the dual interaction between the spirit of god and the immaterial cognitive mind, will and emotion (soul) of man occurs through the neural synaptic networks of the human brain], whereby the spirit of god immediately and directly witnesses to my spirit, that i am a child of god; that jesus christ hath loved me, and given himself for me; that all my sins are blotted out, and i, even i, am reconciled to god.