N00759:376
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.
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.