'Like to an anatomy before us': Deborah Huish's Spiritual Experiences and the Attempt to Establish the Fifth Monarchy

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 44 - 68
• Main Author: ADCOCK, RACHEL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2011; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Baptist churches; Body/Body Parts; Huish, Deborah; Narratives; Writers

As textual 'anatomies' could dissect bodies, it was a logical step that they would also look at spiritual matters, examining the inward 'hearts' of men and women. If divine order could be observed in the construction of the human body, it could also be seen in the examining of th...