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A token for children being an exact account of the conversion, holy and exemplary…
A token for children being an exact account of the conversion, holy and exemplary lives and joyful deaths of several young children / by James Janeway.
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
13. He would rebuke his Brethren if they were at any time too hasty at their meals, and did eat without asking a blessing; his check was usually this; dare you do thus? God be merciful unto us, this bit of bread might choke us.
13. He would rebuke his Brethren if they were at any time too hasty at their meals, and did eat without asking a blessing; his check was usually this; dare you do thus? God be merciful unto us, this bit of bread might choak us.
14. His sentences were wise and weighty, and well might become some ancient Christian.
15. His sickness was a lingering disease, against which, to comfort him, one tells him of possessions that must fall to his portion; and what are they, said he? I had rather have the Kingdom of Heaven than a thousand such inheritances.
15. His sickness was a lingring disease, against which, to comfort him, one tells him of possessions that must fall to his portion; and what are they, said he? I had rather have the Kingdom of Heaven than a thousand such inheritances.