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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.
16. Her Mother asked her what she should pray for, for her? she answered, that I may have a saving knowledge of Sn and Christ; and that I may have an assurance of Gods love to my Soul. Her Mother asked her, why she did speak ⟨p. 7⟩so little to the Minister that came to her? She answered, that it was her duty with patience and silence to learn of them: and it was exceeding painful to her to speak to any.
16. Her Mother asked her what she should pray for, for her? she answered, that I may have a saving knowledg of Sn and Christ; and that I may have an assurance of Gods love to my Soul. Her Mother asked her, why she did speak ⟨p. 7⟩so little to the Minister that came to her? She answered, that it was her duty with patience and silence to learn of them: and it was exceeding painful to her to speak to any.
17. One time when she fell into a fit, she cried out, O I am going, I am going: But what shall I do to be saved? O what shall I do to be saved? Sweet Lord Jesus, I will lye at thy feet, and if I perish, it shall be at the Fountain of thy mercy.
18. She was much afraid of presumption, and dreaded a mistake in the matters of her Soul, and would be often putting up ejaculations to God, to deliver her from deceiving her self. To instance in one: Great and mighty God, give me faith, and true faith, Lord, that I may not be a foolish Virgin, having a Lamp and no Oil.
18. She was much afraid of presumption, and dreaded a mistake in the matters of her Soul, and would be often putting up ejaculations to God, to deliver her from deceiving her self. To instance in one: Great and mighty God, give me faith, and true faith, Lord, that I may not be a foolish Virgin, having a Lamp and no Oyl.