N00759:258
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.
24. He was not a little concerned for ⟨p. 70⟩the whole Nation, and begged that God would pardon the Sins of this Land, and bring it nearer to himself.
25. About the beginning of November ▪ 1665. this sweet Child was smote with the Distemper, but he carried it with admirable patience under the hand of God.
26. These are some of his Dying Expressions — The Lord shall be my Physician, for He will cure both Soul and Body — H•iven is the best Hospital, — It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth good in His Eyes. Again, — It is the Lord that taketh awa• my Health, but I will say as Job did, Blessed be the Name of the Lord — If I should live longer, I shall but Sin against God. Looking upon his Father, he said, If the Lord would but lend me the least Finger of his Hand, to lead me through the dark entry of Death, I will rejoice in him.
26. These are some of his Dying Expressions — The Lord shall be my Physician, for He will cure both Soul and Body — H•iven is the best Hospital, — It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth good in His Eyes. Again, — It is the Lord that taketh awa• my Health, but I will say as Job did, Blessed be the Name of the Lord — If I should live longer, I shall but Sin against God. Looking upon his Father, he said, If the Lord would but lend me the least Finger of his Hand, to lead me through the dark entry of Death, I will rejoyce in him.