Richard Adams (ca. 1626 – 7 February 1698) was a non-conforming
English
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divine, known as author of sermons and other theological writings.
Life
He was the grandson of Richard Adams, the rector of
Woodchurch, in the part of
Cheshire
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which is called the hundred of
Wirral, and son of
Charles Adams, who, with his brother
Randall, was brought up to the church, and became the father of four Adams – Richard,
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,
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, and
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, who were all clergymen.
[Long, George. ''The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge''. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1842–1844. 4 vols.]
Adams was admitted to
Brasenose College, Oxford, on 24 March 1646, where he became the friend of
John Howe,
became fellow, and took his master's degree in 1651. In 1655 he was settled in the church of St. Mildred, Bread-street, London, where he was a very useful preacher, and was regarded as an ornament to his function. Among his parishioners was
John Milton
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.
[ Being unable to comply with the terms of ministerial conformity settled on the restoration of Charles II, he resigned the living, but continued to reside in London, where, when the times allowed of non-conforming services being publicly conducted, he became pastor of a small congregation of Presbyterian dissenters, whose place of worship was situated in Parish-street, in the Borough. In this situation he remained until his death on 7 February 1698. A sermon preached on occasion of his death by John Howe was printed.][
Upon his death, Adams had a significant collection of books and papers valued at over £120.]
Works
He was the author of the exposition of the Epistles to the Philippians and Colossians in the supplement to Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole (1624–1679) was an English Non-conformist theologian and biblical commentator.
Life to 1662
He was born at York, the son of Francis Pole, but he spelled his name Poole, and in Latin Polus; his mother was a daughter of Alderman T ...
's ''Annotations'', and of various printed sermons. He joined Edward Veal, another non-conforming minister, in writing prefaces to several of the treatises of Stephen Charnock
Stephen Charnock (1628–27 July 1680), Puritan Anglican terminology, divine, was an England, English Puritan Presbyterian clergyman born at the St Katherine Cree parish of London.
Life
Charnock studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, during wh ...
.[
He published also two works of his brother Thomas Adams; namely, ''Protestant Union'', and ''The Main Principles of the Christian Religion'', 8vo. 1675.][
]
See also
*Thomas Adams Thomas Adams may refer to:
Politicians
* Thomas Adams (MP), Member of Parliament for Bedford
*Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1667/68), Lord Mayor of London
* Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Cong ...
, his brother
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1620s births
1698 deaths