Thomas Adam

Thomas Adam (February 25, 1701 – March 31, 1784) was a Church of England clergyman and religious writer.

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Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).

• The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in.
  • P. 167.

• If I were to live to the world's end, and do all the good that man can do, I must still cry, " Mercy!" Why then should I be unwilling or afraid to die this moment, with a sense of God's pardoning love, when I can have no other claim to salvation if I were to live forever?
  • P. 272.

• We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but we need not give them entertainment with open doors.
  • P. 582.

External links

• • Private thoughts on religion, 1824 edition with essay by Daniel Wilson
  • The Works of the Rev. Thomas Adam, volume I, 1822 edition
  • The Works of the Rev. Thomas Adam, volume III, 1822 edition
  • An exposition of the four Gospels, volume II, 1827 edition