Thomas Adams (priest)

thumb| Thomas Adams (1583–1652) was an English Anglican clergyman and reputed preacher. Quotes Menippus meeting Mercury in the Elisian fields, would needs know of him, which among all the ghosts was Philip that great King of Macedon. Mercury answers; He is Philip, that hath the hairelesse scalpe: Minippus replies, Why they have all bald heads. Mercur. Then he with the flat nose. Menip. They all have flat noses. Merc. Then he with the hollow eyes. Menip. They all have hollow eyes: all have naked ribbes, disjoynted members: all are carcases. Mercur. Then Menippus, in death there is no difference betwixt the King and the beggar. Mors dominos servis, & sceptra ligonibus aequat: / Dissimiles simili conditione ligans; Men upon earth, as in the game at Chesse, supply different places: one is a King, another a Queene, another a Bishop, another a Knight, another a Pawne. But when the game is done, and they are shuffled into one bag; all are alike. A Commentary or, Exposition upon the Divine Second Epistle Generall, written by the Blessed Apostle St. Peter (London: Printed by Richard Badger [and Felix Kyngston] for Jacob Bloome, 1633) pp. 276–277. See also: John Boys, Workes (1629) p. 129 External links Category:1583 births Category:1652 deaths