Anne Wentworth, Englands Spiritual Pill

Alison Searle (University of Leeds)

Ed. by Jacqueline Eales, Canterbury Christ Church University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1679

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Pamphlets/ Tracts/ Chapbooks
Religion and Spirituality (any)
- Religious writing

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Englands Spiritual Pill (1679) is the last and longest of Anne Wentworth’s extant published works. Its full title provides a helpful and definitive summary of what she is attempting to achieve in her prophetic tract: “ENGLANDS SPIRITUAL PILL Which will Purge, Cure, or Kill; DECLARING The Great and Wonderfull Things WHICH The Almighty and most High God JESUS CHRIST King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, Hath Revealed unto ANNE WENTWORTH CONCERNING A Through-Reformation of Church-worship, from all Hypocritical and Idolatrous Formalities, the downfall of Babylon, and the finishing of her Testimony.” The clarity and assurance of this title reflects the increasing prophetical authority that Wentworth assumed as she grew more confident of her divine calling, her hermeneutical method, and her inspired ability to write. Like her previous work, The Revelation of Jesus Christ (1679),...

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Citation: Searle, Alison . "Englands Spiritual Pill". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 April 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=26467, accessed 09 June 2026.]

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