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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.
He was much in Meditation, and often wrote the chief Heads of his Meditation. He would Read the Scripture, with a Note, and a Wish fetched out of every verse. And at Night, he would ask,
I. What has Gods mercy to me been this day?
II. What has my Carriage to God been this day?
III. If I Die this night, is my Immortal Spirit safe?
III. If I Dy this night, is my Immortal Spirit safe?
Many more such imitable things, are in the History of his Life (diverse times Printed at London,) reported of him.