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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
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Arriving higher in his Age, he was very Conscientious of his Duty, both to God, and Man; and particularly careful of his Fathers Business, which now became his own Calling. At Work with his Father in the Field, he would frequently be propounding of Questions, by the Answers whereof he might be promoted in the knowledge of God: and at the seasons which others usually employ to vain purposes, he would be abounding in the exercises of Devotion. But of all the Imitable things to be seen in him, he was exemplary for nothing more, than his endeavours in Preparation for, and Sanctification of, the Lords Day. Yea, his Parents have affirmed, that for a Year or two before he Died, They never heard an Unprofitable Word come out of his Mouth; but he would often bewail the Idle, Trifling, Vain Discourses of other People.
Arriving higher in his Age, he was very Conscientious of his Duty, both to God, and Man; and particularly careful of his Fathers Business, which now became his own Calling. At Work with his Father in the Field, he would frequently be propounding of Questions, by the Answers whereof he might be promoted in the knowledge of God: and at the seasons which others usually imploy to vain purposes, he would be abounding in the exercises of Devotion. But of all the Imitable things to be seen in him, he was exemplary for nothing more, than his endeavours in Preparation for, and Sanctification of, the Lords Day. Yea, his Parents have affirmed, that for a Year or two before he Dy'd, They never heard an Ʋnprofitable Word come out of his Mouth; but he would often bewayl the Idle, Tryfling, Vain Discourses of other People.
About a Year and a half before he Dyed, the Good Spirit of God, Blessed him, with yet a more thorough Conviction of his Misery by reason of Sin both Original, ⟨p. 7⟩& Actual: whence tho' he had been such a Pattern of innocency, yet he would aggravate his own Sinfulness, with Lamentations truly extraordinary. And for his Relief against the Terrors of God, wherewith he was now Distracted, he was brought unto an utter Despair of his own Righteousnesses and Abilities; but in this Condition, he came to Adore the Grace of God, offering a JESUS who is Able to Save nto the Uttermost: In his Longings to enjoy the Love of God, through Jesus, he was like the Hart panting after the Waterbrooks!