N00759:375
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.
5. When his Parents had Prayed with him again, he said, Come now dear Father and Mother, and kiss me, I know that I shall Dye.
6 Farewell dear Father and Mother, farewell dear Sister, Farewell all. Now shall I go to Heaven unto God & Jesus Christ, and the Holy Angels: Father know you not what is said by Jeremiah: Blessed is h• who trusteth in the Lord. Now I trust in Him, and He will bless me. And in 1 Joh. •. it is said, Little Children love not the World, for the World passeth away.
6 Farewel dear Father and Mother, •arewel dear Sister, Farewel all. Now shall I go to Heaven unto God & Jesus Christ, and the Holy Angels: Father know you not what is said by Jeremiah: Blessed is h• who trusteth in the Lord. Now I trust in Him, and He will bless me. And in 1 Joh. •. it is said, Little Children love not the World, for the World passeth away.
7 Away then all that is in the World, away with all my pleasant things in the world: away with my Dagger, for where I go▪ there is nothing to do with Daggers and Swords: men shall not •ight there, but praise God. Away with all my Books; there shall I know sufficiently, and be learned in all things of true Wisdom, without Books.
7 Away then all that is in the World, away with all my pleasent things in the world: away with my Dagger, for where I go there is nothing to do with Daggers and Swords: men shall not ight there, but praise God. Away with all my Books; there shall I know sufficiently, and be learned in all things of true Wisdom, without Books.