N00759:67
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.
23. The Lords day before that, in which she died, a Kinsman of hers came to see her, and asking of her, whether she knew him? She answered, Yes, I know you, and I desire you would learn to know Christ: you are young, but you know not how soon you may die; and O to die without a Christ, it is a fearful thing: O redeem Time! O Time, T•me, Time, precious Time! Being requested by him not to spend herself, she said, she would fain do all the good she could while she lived, and when she was dead too, if possible; upon which account, she desired that a Sermon might be Preached at the Funeral, concerning the preciousness of Time. O that young ones would now remember their Creator!
23. The Lords day before that, in which she died, a Kinsman of hers came to see her, and asking of her, whether she knew him? She answered, Yes, I know you, and I desire you would learn to know Christ: you are young, but you know not how soon you may die; and O to die without a Christ, it is a fearful thing: O redeem Time! O Time, T•me, Time, precious Time! Being requested by him not to spend herself, she said, she would fain do all the good she could while she lived, and when she was dead too, if possile; upon which account, she desired that a Sermon might be Preached at the Funeral, concerning the pr•ciousness of Time. O that young ones would now remember their Creator!
24. Some Minister that came to her, did with earnestness beg that the Lord would please to give her some token for good, that she might go off triumphing, and Bills of the same nature were sent to several Churches.
25. After she had long waited for an answer of their prayers, she said, Well, I will venture my Soul upon Christ.