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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.
45 Yea Mother, it is said in the Eighty-fourth Psalm, How lovely a•e thy Tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts, my Soul doth thirst, and longeth for the Courts of the Lord; One day in thy Courts is better than a thousand; yea, I had rather be a Door-keeper in the House of God, than dwell in the Tents of the Wicked. ⟨p. 100⟩Read that Psalm, dear Mother, wherewith we may comfort one another. As for me, I am more and more spent, and draw near my last hour.
45 Yea Mother, it is said in the Eighty-fourth Psalm, How lovel• a•e thy Tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts, my Soul doth thirst, and longeth for the Courts of the Lord; One day in thy Courts is better than a thousand; yea, I had rather be a Door-keeper in the House of God, than dwell in the Tents of the Wicked. ⟨p. 100⟩Read that Psalm, dear Mother, wherewith we may comfort one another. As for me, I am more and more spent, and draw near my last hour.
46 Then she desired to be prayed with, and begged that the Lord would give her an easy passage.
46 Then she desired to be pray'd with, and begged that the Lord would give her an easie passage.
47 After this, she turned to her Mother, with much affection, she said, Ah my dear & loving Mother; that which cometh from the heart, doth ordinarily go to the heart, once more come and kiss me before I leave you.