A visit to the Spirit in prison
Stuart Masters continues his series on early Quaker tracts and pamphlets. This week he considers a tract by Sarah Blackborow: A Visit to the Spirit in Prison
Sarah Blackborow, who died in 1665, was a prominent Quaker minister in London during the 1650s and 1660s. She helped to establish a Meeting at Hammersmith and was probably influential in the development of separate women’s Business Meetings. She wrote and published the tract A Visit to the Spirit in Prison in 1658. It is a good example of the kind of early Quaker writing that combined strong words of warning and admonishment with positive and joyful messages of spiritual guidance and encouragement. She also uses a feminine image of God. A simple summary of Blackborow’s message follows:
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