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

Name: A token for children. Being an exact account of the conversion, holy and exemplary…
Author: James Janeway

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.

James Janeway 1636?–1674printed for Nicholas Boone, 1700

[12], 131, [1], 36 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo) · 34k words · Evans 914 · Wing J480

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[ Earlier:250–265 of 553

:250p. 68¶21

21. He would get choice Scriptures by heart, and was very perfect at his Catechism.

:251p. 68¶22

22. The Providences of God were not passed by, without considerable observation by him.

:252p. 68¶23

23. In the time of the Plague, he was exceedingly concerned about his Soul and Everlasting state; very much by himself upon his knees.

:253p. 68

This Prayer was found written in Shorthand after his Death.

:254p. 68–69

O Lord God and Merciful Father, take pity upon me, a miserable Sinner, and strengthen me, ⟨p. 69⟩

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EXAMPLE IX. Of a Child that was very Eminent, when she was between Five and Six Years Old, with some Memorable Passages of her Life, who Died about 1640.