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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.
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. But in this great Distress the Lord was pleased to send one to take care fo• his Soul, who urged to him the great and precious Promises which were made to on• in his condition, telling him that there was enough in Christ for the Chiefest of Sinners▪ and that He came to seek and save such a lost Creature as he was. But this poor Child found it a very difficult thing for him to believe that there was any mercy for such a Dreadful Sinner as he had been
8. He was made to Cry out of himself, not only for his Swearing and Lying, and other outwardly notorious Sins; but he was in great Horror for the Sin of his Nature, for the Vileness of his Heart, and Original ⟨p. 47⟩Corruption; under it he was in so great anguish, that the trouble of his Spirit, made him in a great measure to forget the pains of his body.
8. He was made to Cry out of himself, not only for his Swearing and Lying, and other outwardly notorious Sins; but he was in great Horrour for the Sin of his Nature, for the Vileness of his Heart, and Original ⟨p. 47⟩Corruption; under it he was in so great anguish, that the trouble of his Spirit, made him in a great measure to forget the pains of his body.
9. He did very particularly confess and bewail his sins with tears; and some sins so secret, that none in the world could charge him with.