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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.
The sixth Example of a poor Child that was awakened when she was about five years old.
1. A Certain very poor Child that had a very bad Father, but it was to be hoped a very good Mother, was by the Providence of God brought to the sight of a godly friend of mine, who upon the first sight of the Child, had a great pity for him, and took an affection to him, and had a mind to bring him up for Christ:
2. At the first he did with great sweetness and kindness allure the Child, by which means it was not long before he got a deep interest in the heart of the Child, and he began to obey him with more readiness than Children usually do their Parents.
3. By this a Door was opened for a farther work, and he had a greater ⟨p. 51⟩advantage to instill spiritual Principles into the soul of the Child, which he was not wanting in, as the Lord gave opportunity, and the Child was capable of.
3. By this a Door was opened for a farther work, and he had agreater