N00759:314
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.
17 She was a great hater of Sin, and did with much grief and self-abhorrency reflect upon it; but that which lay most upon her heart, was the Corruption of her Nature and Original Sin. How oft would she Cry out in the words of the Psalmist, Behold I was Shapen in Iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother Conceive me: and I was altogether Born in Sin. She could •ever lay her self low enough under a sense of that Original Sin which she brought▪ with her into the world.
18 She spake many things very judiciously of the Old Man, and putting i• off, •nd of the New Man, and putting that on; which showed that she was no stranger to Conversion, and that she in some measure understood what Mortification, Self-denial, and taking up of her Cross, and following of Christ meant. That Scripture was much in her mouth, The Sacrifices of God are a Contrite Heart; a Broken and a Contrite Spirit, O God, thou wilt not despise. That brokenness of heart ([…] ⟨p. 86⟩she) which is built upon & ••ows from Faith, and that Faith which is built upon Christ who is the proper and alone Sacrifice for Sin.
18 She spake many things very judiciously of the Old Man, and putting i• off, •nd of the New Man, and putting that on; which shewed that she was no stranger to Conversion, and that she in some measure understood what Mortification, Self-denial, and taking up of her Cross, and following of Christ meant. That Scripture was much in her mouth, The Sacrifices of God are a Contrite Heart; a Broken and a Contrite Spirit, O God, thou wilt not d•spise. That brokenness of heart (〈…〉