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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.
8. He was exceeding careful of redeeming and improving of Time; scarce a moment of it, but he would give an excellent account of the expense of it; so that this Child might have taught elder Persons, and will questionless Condemn their idle and unaccountable wasting of those Precious hours in which they should (as this sweet Child▪) have been laying in provision for Eternity.
8. He was exceeding careful of redeeming and improving of Time; scarce a moment of it, but he would give an excellent account of the expence of it; so that this Child might have taught elder Persons, and will questionless Condemn their idle and unaccountable wasting of those Precious hours in which they should (as this sweet Child▪) have been laying in provision for Eternity.
9. He could not endure to read any thing over slightly, but whatsoever he read, he dwelt upon it, laboured to understand it throughly, and remember it; and what he could not understand, he would oft ask his Father or Mother the meaning of it.
10. When any Christian Friends have been discoursing with his Father, if they began to talk any thing about Religion, to be sure they should have his company, ⟨p. 65⟩and of his own accord, he would leave all to hear any thing of Christ, and crept as close to them as he could, and listen as affectionately though it were for an hour or two: He was scarce ever known to express the least token of weariness while he was hearing any thing that was good, and sometimes, when Neighbours Children would come and call him out, and entice him, and beg of him to go with them, he could by no means be persuaded, though he might have had the leave of his Parents, if he had any hopes that any good Body would come into his Fathers House.