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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.
7. He quickly learned to read ⟨p. 21⟩the Scriptures, and would, with great Reverence, Tenderness and groans read, till tears and sobs were ready to hinder him.
8. When he was at secret prayer, he would weep bitterly.
9. He was wont often times to complain of the naughtiness of his heart, and seemed to be more grieved for the Corruption of his Nature than for any actual sin.
10. He had a vast Understanding in the things of God, even next to a wonder, for one of his age.