Publications 14

Title: The barren tree a sermon preached at Pauls crosse October 26. 1623 by Tho. Adams. Imprint: London: Printed by Aug. Matheuues for Iohn Grismand, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Alley, at the signe of the Gunne, 1623. Date: 1623 Pages: [6], 56 p. Notes: Signatures: A4(-A1) B-H4. Reissued as pt. 2 of Five Sermons in 1526.

Copy from: Union Theological Seminary Library (New York, N.Y.) and Cambridge University Library. The work is preceded by a short dedication 'To the reverend and learned Doctor Donne, Dean of St Paul's, together with the Prebend-residentiaires of the same church, my very good patrons' also two pages 'To the reader'. John Donne (1572-1631) is known to as one of the greatest of the metaphysical poets.

The text is Luke 13:7.

Old St Paul's Again

For more on old St Paul's, as Adams would have known it, see here.

Old St Paul's

The original St Paul's before the 1666 fire - as it would have been in Adams' day,

except for the spire. This was struck by lightning and lost in 1561.