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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, Minister of the Gospel. : To which is added, A token, for the children of New England. Or, Some examples of children, in whom the fear of God was remarkably budding before they died; in several parts of New England. Preserved and published for the encouragement of piety in other children.
printed for Nicholas Boone, 1700
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 1 › Example 6: EXAMPLE VI. Of a poor Child that was awakened when she was about Five years Old.
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.
EXAMPLE VI. Of a poor Child that was awakened when she was about Five years Old.
1. A Certain very poor Child, that had a very bad Father, but it was to be hoped a very good Mother, was by the Providence of God, brought to the sight of a Godly Friend of mine, who upon the first sight of the Child, had a great pity for him, and took an affection to him, & had a mind to bring him up for Christ.
1. A Certain very poor Child, that had a very bad Father, but it was to be hoped a very good Mother, was by the Providence of God, brought to the sight of a Godly Friend of mine, who upon the first sight of the Child, had a great pitty for him, and took an affection to him, & had a mind to bring him up for Christ.
2. At the first, he did with great sweetness and kindness allure the Child, by which means it was not long before he got a deep interest in the Heart of the Child, a•d he began to obey him with more readiness than Children usually to their Parents.