Anne Wentworth, Englands Spiritual Pill

Alison Searle (University of Leeds)
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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…

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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 19 March 2024.]

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