N00759:305
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 Then looking upon her sorrowful ••rents, she said; It is said, Cast thy bur••n upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee, ⟨p. 82⟩and He will never suffer the Righteous to […] moved. Therefore, my dear Father and Mother, cast all your care upon Him who causes all things to go well that do concern you.
8 Then looking upon her sorrowful ••rents, she said; It is said, Cast thy bur••n upon the Lord, and He shall sustain the, ⟨p. 82⟩and He will never suffer the Righteous to 〈…〉 moved. Therefore, my dear Father and Mother, cast all your care upon Him who causes all things to go well that do concern you.
9 Her Mother said unto her, O m• dear Child, I have no small comfort from the Lord in thee, and the fruit of […] Grace whereby thou hast been so much exercised unto Godliness in reading the Word in Prayer and gracious Discourse, to th• edification of thy self and us. The Lor• Himself who gave thee to us, make up th•• loss, if it be His pleasure to take thee away from us.
9 Her Mother said unto her, O m• dear Child, I have no small comfort from the Lord in thee, and the fruit of 〈…〉 Grace whereby thou hast been so much exercised unto Godliness in reading the Word in Prayer and gracious Discourse, to th edification of thy self and us. The Lor Himself who gave thee to us, make up th loss, if it be His pleasure to take thee away from us.