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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.
14. Not long after this, his good Mother dyed, which went very near his heart, for he greatly honoured his Mother.
15. After the Death of his Mother, he would often repeat some of the Promises that are made to Fatherless Children, especially that in Exod. 22.22. Ye shall not affect any […] or the Fatherless Child; if thou […] in any wise, and they Cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their Cry— These words he would often repeat with tears, and say, I am Fatherless and Motherless upon Earth, yet if any wrong me, I have a Father in Heaven who will take my part; to Him I commit my self, and in Him is all my trust.
15. After the Death of his Mother, he would often repeat some of the Promises that are made to Fatherless Children, especially that in Exod. 22.22. Ye shall not affect any 〈…〉 or the Fatherless Child; if thou 〈…〉 in any wise, and they Cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their Cry— These words he would often repeat with tears, and say, I am Fatherless and Motherless upon Earth, yet if any wrong me, I have a Father in Heaven who will take my part; to Him I commit my self, and in Him is all my trust.
16. Thus he continued in a course of Holy Duties, living in the fear of God, & showed wonderful Grace for a Child, & died sweetly in the Faith of Jesus.
16. Thus he continued in a course of Holy Duties, living in the fear of God, & shewed wonderful Grace for a Child, & died sweetly in the Faith of Jesus.