N00759:335
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.
37. When she had a little refresh•• her self with rest, she burst forth with abundance of joy, and gladness of Hear• with a Holy Triumph of Faith, saying out, Death is swallowed up of Victory, O Death where i• thy Sting; O Grave whe• is thy Victory? The Sting of Death is Si•, and the Strength of Sin is the Law; but Thanks be to God who hath given us the Victory through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
37. When she had a little refresh•• her self with rest, she burst forth with abundance of joy, and gladness of Hear• with a Holy Triumph of Faith, sayin• out, Death is swallowed up of Victory, O Death where i• thy Sting; O Grave whe• is thy Victory? The Sting of Death is Si•, and the Strength of Sin is the Law; but Thanks be to God who hath given us the Victory through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
38 That she might the better suppo•• her Friends, she still insisted upon th• which might take off some of their burden, by urging the necessity of Death ▪ ⟨p. 97⟩We are from the Earth, and to the Earth we must return: Dust is the Mother of us all, the Dust shall turn to Dust, from whence it is; and the Spirit to God which gave it.