A token for children. Being an exact account of the conversion, holy and exemplary…

21. He was very thankful to his Master, and very sensible of his great kindness in taking him out of the streets, when he was a begging, and he admired at the goodness of God, which put it into the mind of a stranger to look upon, and to take such Fatherly care of such a pitiful sorry Creature as he was. O my dear Mother, (said he) and Child of God, I hope to see you in Heaven, for I am sure you will go thither. O Blessed, Blessed be God, that made you take pity upon me, for I might have Dyed, and have gone to the Devil, and have been Damned for ever, if it had not been for you.

21. He was very thankful to his Master, and very sensible of his great kindness in taking him out of the streets, when he was a begging, and he admired at the goodness of God, which put it into the mind of a stranger to look upon, and to take such Fatherly care of such a pittyful sorry Creature as he was. O my dear Mother, (said he) and Child of God, I hope to see you in Heaven, for I am sure you will go thither. O Blessed, Blessed be God, that made you take pitty upon me, for I might have Dyed, and have gone to the Devil, and have been Damned for ever, if it had not been for you.

22. The Thursday before he Dyed, he asked a very Godly Friend of mine, wha• he thought of his condition, and whether his Soul was now going? For he said, he could not still but fear, lest he should deceive himself with false hopes, at which my Friend spoke to him thus: Child, for all that I have endeavoured to hold forth the Grace of God in Christ to thy Soul, and given you a warrant from the Word of God, that Christ is as freely offered to you, as to any sinner in the world; if thou […] but willing to accept of Him, thou ⟨p. 52⟩mayest have Christ and all that thou dost want, with Him; and yet thou givest way to these thy doubtings and fears, as though I told you nothing but lies. Thou sayest thou fearest that Christ will not accept of thee; I fear thou art not heartily willing to accept of Him. The Child answered, Indeed I am; Why then, Child, if thou art unfeignedly willing to have Christ; I tell thee, He is a thousand times more willing to have thee, & wash thee, & save thee, than thou art to desire it. And now at this time Christ offers Himself to thee again; therefore receive Him humbly by Faith freely into thy heart, & bid Him welcome, for He deserveth it. Upon which words the Lord discovered His love to the Child, and he gave a kind of a leap in his bed, and snapped his fingers and thumb together with abundance of joy, as much as to say, Well, yea all is well, the Match is made, Christ is willing, and I am willing too; and now Christ is mine, and I am His forever. And from that time forward, in full Joy & assurance of God's love, he continued earnestly praising God, with desiring to dye, and […] with Christ. And on Friday-morning he