N00759:352
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.
54 Behold now I live, yet not I, but Christ •iveth in me, and the li•e that I now live in the flesh, is by the Faith of the Son of God, who ••ved me, and gave Himself for me. I am •aved, and that not of my self, it is the Gift of God, not of Works, that no man should ••st.
54 Behold now I live, yet not I, but Christ •iveth in me, and the li•e that I now live in the •lesh, is by the Faith of the Son of God, who ••ved me, and gave Himself for me. I am •aved, and that not of my self, it is the Gift of God, not of Works, that no man should ••st.
55 My dear Parents, now we must shortly part, my speech faileth me, pray the Lord for a quiet close to my combat.
56. Her Parents replied, Ah our dear Child! how sad is that to us, that we must part? She answered, I go to Heaven, and there we shall find one another again; I go to Jesus Christ.