A token for children being an exact account of the conversion, holy and exemplary…

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.

30. One notable instance of his true charity, I cannot omit. A certain Turk was by the providence of God cast in the place where he lived, which this sweet Child hearing of had a great pity to his Soul, and studied how he might be any way instrumental to do it good, at last finding a man that understood the language ⟨p. 80⟩of the Turk, he used means to get them together, which he at last procured; the first thing that he did, was to put his friend upon discoursing with the Turk about his principles, whether he acknowledged a Deity which the Turk owning; the next thing he inquired after, was, what he thought of the Lord Jesus Christ. At which the Turk was troubled and put off the discourse, and said, he was athirst and an hungry; which the Child being informed of, by the interpreter, immediately went to a Brew-house near at hand (his own house being far off) and did entreat the Master of the Brewhouse to give him some Beer for the Turk, and the argument he used was this; Sir, here is a poor stranger that is athirst, we know not where we may be cast before we dye; he went to another place and begged food for him; using the same argument