N00759:461
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.
He did with much of Solemnity enter into Covenant with God, when he was about Fourteen years old, And afterwards he Renewed that solemn Action, in such a Form as this.
I do Renounce all the Vanities and Wretched Idols and Evil Courses of the World.
I do Choose, and will ever Have, the Great God, for my •est Good, my Last End, my Only Lord. He shall be the Only One, in the Glorifying and Enjoying of whom shall be my Welfare; and in the Serving of whom shall be my Work.
I will ever be Rendering unto the Lord Jesus Christ, my proper Acknowledgements, as unto my Priest, my Prophet, and my King; and the physician of my Soul.
I will ever be Rendring unto the Lord Jesus Christ, my proper Acknowledgments, as unto my Priest, my Prophet, and my King; and the physician of my Soul.