N00759:73
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.
29. After this, looking upon one of her Fathers Servants, she said, What shall I do? What shall I do at the great Day, when Christ shall say to me, Come, thou Blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for thee. And shall say to the wicked, Go, thou Cursed into the Lake that burns for ever. What a grief is it for me to think, that I shall see any of my friends ⟨p. 12⟩that I knew upon Earth, turned into that Lake that burns forever! O that word, For Ever, remember that, For Ever! I speak these words to you, but they are nothing, except God speak to you too: O pray, pray, pray, that God would give you Grace! And then […] prayed, O Lord finish thy work upon their Souls. It will be my comfort to see you in Glory, but it will be your Everlasting happiness.
29. After this, looking upon one of her Fathers Servants, she said, What shall I do? What shall I do at the great Day, when Christ shall say to me, Come, thou Blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for thee. And shall say to the wicked, Go, thou Cursed into the Lake that burns for ever. What a grief is it for me to think, that I shall see any of my friends ⟨p. 12⟩that I knew upon Earth, turned into that Lake that burns forever! O that word, For Ever, remember that, For Ever! I speak these words to you, but they are nothing, except God speak to you too: O pray, pray, pray, that God would give you Grace! And then 〈…〉 prayed, O Lord finish thy work upon their Souls. It will be my comfort to see you in Glory, but it will be your Everlasting happiness.
30. Her Grand-mother told her she spent her self too much; he said; I care not for that, if I could do any Soul good. O with what vehemency did she speak, as if her heart were in every word she spoke.