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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.
26. He would put his Brother and Sister upon their duties, and observe them whether they performed it or no, and when he saw any neglect, he would soon warn them; if he saw any of them take a spoon into their hands before they had craved a blessing, he said that is just like a hog indeed.
27. His Sister was afraid of the darkness, and would sometimes cry, upon this account; he told her, she must fear God more, and she need then be afraid of nothing.
28. He would humbly put his ⟨p. 79⟩near Relations upon their duty, and minding the concerns of their Souls and Eternity, with more seriousness and life, and to have a care of doing that which was for the dishonour of God and the hazard of the Soul.
29. He was of a compassionate and charitable disposition, and very pitiful to the poor, or any that were in distress, but his greatest pity was to poor Souls; and as well as he could, he would be putting Children, Play-fellows, servants, neighbours, upon minding their poor souls.