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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.
Now tell me, my pretty dear Child, What will you do? shall I make you a Book? Shall I pray for you, and entreat you? Shall your Good Mother weep over you? And will not you make us all glad, by your turning quickly to the Lord? Shall Christ tell you that he will love you? And will not you love him? Will you strive to be like these Children? I am persuaded, that God intends to do good to the Souls of some little Children by these Papers, because he hath laid it so much upon my heart to pray for them, and over these Papers, and through mercy I have already experienced, that something of this nature hath not been in vain: I shall give a ⟨image 9⟩word of direction, and so leave you.
Now tell me, my pretty dear Child, What will you do? shall I make you a Book? Shall I pray for you, and entreat you? Shall your Good Mother weep over you? And will not you make us all glad, by your turning quickly to the Lord? Shall Christ tell you that he will love you? And will not you love him? Will you strive to be like these Children? I am perswaded, that God intends to do good to the Souls of some little Chidren by these Papers, because he hath laid it so much upon my heart to pray for them, and over these Papers, and thorow mercy I have already experienced, that something of this nature hath not been in vain: I shall give a ⟨image 9⟩word of direction, and so leave you.
1. Take heed of what you know is naught; as lying, O that is a grievous fault indeed; and naughty words, and taking the Lords name in vain, and playing upon the Lords Day, and keeping bad company, and playing with ungodly Children: But, if you do go to School with such, tell them that God will not love them, but that the Devil will have them, if they continue to be so naught.