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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.
8. Did you never hear of a little Child that died? and if other Children die, why may not you be sick and die? and what will you do then, Child, if you should have no grace in your heart, and be found like other naughty children?
9. How do you know but that you may be the next Child that may die? and where are you then, if you be not God 's Child?
10. Wilt thou tarry any longer, my dear Child, before thou run into thy chamber, and beg of God to give thee a Christ for thy Soul, that thou mayest not be undone for ever? Wilt thou get presently into a corner to weep and pray? Methinks I see that pretty Lamb begin to weep, and thinks of getting by himself, and will ⟨image 8⟩as well as he can cry unto the Lord, to make him one of these little ones that go into the Kingdom of Heaven; Methinks there stands a sweet Child, and there another, that are resolved for Christ and for Heaven: Methinks that little Boy looks as if he had a mind to learn good things. Methinks I hear one say, well, I will never tell a lye more, I will never keep any naughty Boy company more, they will teach me to swear, and they will speak naughty words, they do not love God. I'll learn my Catechism, and get my Mother to teach me to pray, and I will go to weep and cry to Christ, and will not be quiet till the Lord hath given me Grace. O that's my brave Child indeed!
10. Wilt thou tarry any longer, my dear Child, before thou run into thy chamber, and beg of God to give thee a Christ for thy Soul, that thou mayest not be undone for ever? Wilt thou get presently into a corner to weep and pray? Methinks I see that pretty Lamb begin to weep, and thinks of getting by himself, and will