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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.
1. Take heed of what you know is naught; as lying, O that is a grievous fault indeed, and naughty words, and taking the Lords name in vain, and playing upon the Lords day, & keeping bad company, and playing with ungodly Children: But if you go to School with such, tell them that God will not love them, but that the Devil will have them, if they continue to be so naught.
2. Do what your Father and Mother bids you, cheerfully; and take heed of doing any thing that they forbid you.
2. Do what your Father and Mother bids you, chearfully; and take heed of doing any thing that they forbid you.
3. Be diligent in reading the Scripture, and learning your Catechism; and what you do not understand, to be sure ask the meaning of.
4. Think a little sometimes by your self about God and Heaven, and your Soul, and what Christ came into the world for.