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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.
27 His Sister was afraid of the darkness, and would sometimes Cry, upon this account; he told her, she must fear God more, and she need then be afraid o• nothing.
28▪ He would humbly put his near Relations upon their Duty, and minding the Concerns of their Souls and Eternity, with more Seriousness and Life, and to have a care of doing that which was for the dishonour of God, and the hazard of the Soul.
29 He was of a compassionate and charitable disposition, and very pitiful to the poor, or any that were in distress, but his greatest pity was to poor Souls; and as well as he could, he would be putting Children, Play-fellows, Servants, Neighbours, upon minding their poor Souls.
30 One notable instance of his true Charity, I cannot omit. A certain Turk was by the providence of God, cast into the place where he Lived, which this sweet Child hearing of, had a great pity to his Soul, and studied how he might be any way instrumental to do it good; at lat finding a man that understood the Language of the Turk, he used means to get them together, which he at last procured; the first thing that he did, was to put his Friend upon discoursing with the Turk about his Principles, whether he acknowledge a Dety; which the Turk owning; the next thing he enquired after, was,, What he thought of the Lord Jesus Christ. At which the Turk was troubled and put off the discourse, and said, he was athirst, and an hungry; which the Child being informed of, by the Interpreter, immediately went to a Brew-house near at hand (his own house being far off) and did entreat the Master of the Brew-house to give him some Ber for the Turk, and the argument he used was this: Sir, here is a poor stranger that is athirst, we know not where we may be cast before we Dye: He went to another place, and begged Food for him; using the same