N00759:210
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.
17. He had no small sense of the use and excellency of Christ, and such longings and breathings of his Soul after him, that when mention hath been made of Christ, he hath been ready almost to leap out of his bed for joy.
18. When he was told, that if he should recover, he must not live as he li••; but he must give up himself to Christ, and to be his Child and Servant, to bear his Yoke and be obedient to his Laws, and live a holy life, […] take his Cross, and suffer mocking and reproach, it may be, persecution for ⟨p. 50⟩His Name sake. Now, Child, (said one to him,) are you willing to have Christ upon such terms? He signified his willingness by the earnestness of his looks and words, and the casting up of his Eyes to Heaven, saying, Yes, with all my Soul, the Lord helping me, I will do this.
18. When he was told, that if he should recover, he must not live as he li••; but he must give up himself to Christ, and to be his Child and Servant, to bear his Yoke and be obedient to his Laws, and live a holy life, 〈…〉 take his Cross, and suffer mocking and reproach, it may be, persecution for ⟨p. 50⟩His Name sake. Now, Child, (said one to him,) are you willing to have Christ upon such terms? He signified his willingness by the earnestness of his looks and words, and the casting up of his Eyes to Heaven, saying, Yes, with all my Soul, the Lord helping me, I will do this.