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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.
23. In the time of the Plague he was exceedingly concerned about his Soul and Everlasting State; very much by himself upon his knees. This Prayer was found written in Short-hand after his Death.
O Lord God and merciful Father, take pity upon me a miserable Sinner, and strengthen me, O Lord, in thy faith, and make me one of thy glorious Saints in Heaven. O Lord keep me from this poisonous Infection, however not my will but thy will be done, O Lord, on earth as it is in heaven, but O Lord, if thou hast appointed ⟨p. 11⟩printed me to die by it, O Lord, fit me for death, and give me a good heart to bear up under my afflictions: O Lord God and merciful Father, take pity on me thy child, teach me O Lord thy Word, make me strong in faith. O Lord I have sinned against thee, Lord pardon my sins; I had been in hell long ago if it had not been for thy mercy; O Lord, I pray thee to keep my Parents in thy truth, and save them from this Infection, if it be thy will, that they may live to bring me up in the truth: O Lord I pray thee stay this Infection that rageth in this City, and pardon their sins, and try them once more, and see if they will turn unto thee. Save me O Lord from this Infection, that I may live to praise and glorify thy name, but O Lord if thou hast appointed me to die of it, fit me for death, that I may die with comfort; and O Lord, I pray thee to help me to bear up under all afflictions, for Christ his sake. Amen.
O Lord God and merciful Father, take pitie upon me a miserable Sinner, and strengthen me, O Lord, in thy faith, and make me one of thy glorious Saints in Heaven. O Lord keep me from this poisonous Infection, however not my will but thy will be done, O Lord, on earth as it is in heaven, but O Lord, if thou hast appointed ⟨p. 11⟩printed me to die by it, O Lord, fit me for death, and give me a good heart to bear up under my afflictions: O Lord God and merciful Father, take pity on me thy child, teach me O Lord thy Word, make me strong in faith. O Lord I have sinned against thee, Lord pardon my sins; I had been in hell long ago if it had not been for thy mercy; O Lord, I pray thee to keep my Parents in thy truth, and save them from this Infection, if it be thy will, that they may live to bring me up in the truth: O Lord I pray thee stay this Infection that rageth in this City, and pardon their sins, and try them once more, and see if they will turn unto thee. Save me O Lord from this Infection, that I may live to praise and glorifie thy name, but O Lord if thou hast appointed me to die of it, fit me for death, that I may die with comfort; and O Lord, I pray thee to help me to bear up under all afflictions, for Christ his sake. Amen.