| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing |
| Editors | Penelope Anderson, Whitney Sperrazza |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030015374 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030015374 |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Oct 2024 |
Abstract
Sarah Jones is a name which occurs more than once in the period spanning the English Civil Wars and Interregnum, associated with very different types of writing and diverse geographical locations. A Mrs. Sara[h] Jones of Lambeth was an identified member of the semi-Separatist church in Southwark founded by Henry Jacob, and has been linked to Congregationalist/Separatist tracts published in the 1640s. A Sarah Jones (supposed to be “of Bristol?”) wrote to the “dear lambs” of an inferred proto-Quaker community in 1650. It seems likely that there were at least two women of this name writing from differing ecclesiological viewpoints. About one we know some biographical information; of the other, next to nothing—although her epistle This is Lights appearance in the Truth was a significant marker in the development of radical religious movements at the time of the Civil Wars and Interregnum.
Keywords
- Quaker Studies, Baptism, Conceptual metaphor, Congregationalist, Laying on of hands, Quaker, Separatist