_Fire is also seen to issue from his Mouth._
And he preached the word of God unto a certain great man, to whom it
seemed that fire issuing from the mouth of the saint entered into his
ears and mouth, and filled him internally with its heat. And this fire
was not consuming, but illumining; not burning, but shining; as he who
so experienced related unto the saint, saying, "I behold a flaming fire
to issue from thy mouth, and penetrate my body and my inmost heart."
Then to him the saint: "Our God is the true light illumining every man
at his entrance into the world; our God, who came to send upon earth
that fire which He desireth should burn in the hearts of the faithful:
for the word of the Lord is bright, and his speech is as fire; whereof
by my preaching hast thou had in thyself the proof."