Thomas Adams Quotes


The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs, and never cares to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear for a fall.


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Thomas Adams, 1612-1653, *, Diseases of the Soul

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Thomas Adams (1583–1652) was an English clergyman and reputed preacher. He was called "The Shakespeare of the Puritans" by Robert Southey; while he was a Calvinist in theology, he is not, however, accurately described as a Puritan. He was for a time at Willington, Bedfordshire, and his works may later have been read by John Bunyan.