A token for children being an exact account of the conversion, holy and exemplary…

12. When her Mother had been somewhat solicitous about any worldly thing, she would, if she could possible, put her off from her care one way or other. One time she told her, O Mother, grace is better than that (meaning something her Mother wanted) I had rather have grace and the love of Christ, than any thing in the world.

13. This Child was often musing and busied in the thoughts of her everlasting Work; witness that strange question, O what are they ⟨p. 33⟩doing which are already in Heaven? And she seemed to be hugely desirous to be among them that were praising, loving, delighting in God, and serving of him without sin. Her language was so strange about spiritual matters, that she made many excellent Christians to stand amazed, as judging it scarce to be paralleled.

13. This Child was often musing and busied in the thoughts of her everlasting Work; witness that strange question, O what are they ⟨p. 33⟩doing which are already in Heaven? And she seemed to be hugely desirous to be among them that were praising, loving, delighting in God, and serving of him without sin. Her language was so strange about spiritual matters, that she made many excellent Christians to stand amazed, as judging it scarce to be paralell'd.

14. She took great delight in reading of the Scripture, and some part of it was more sweet to her than her appointed food; she would get several choice Scriptures by heart, and discourse of them savourly, and apply them suitably.