N00759:270
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.
6. After this she (as I remember) put her Father upon Family Duties, and if at any time he were for any time out of his Shop, she would find him out, with so much sweetness and humility beg of him to come home, and to remember the preciousness of time, for which we must all give an account.
7. She was grieved if she saw any that conversed with her Father if they were unprofitable, unsavoury, or long in their Discourse of common things.
7. She was grieved if she saw any that conversed with her Father if they were •nprofitable, unsavoury, or long in their Discourse of common things.
8. Her own Language was the Language of Canaan: How Solidly, Profitably, and Spiritually would she talk? So that she made good people take great delight in her company, and justly draw the admiration of […] that kn•w her.
8. Her own Language was the Language of Canaan: How Solidly, Profitably, and Spiritually would she talk? So that she made good people take great delight in her company, and justly draw the admiration of 〈…〉 that kn•w her.