N00759:82
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.
3. He could not be satisfied with Family duty, but he would be oft upon his knees by himself in one corner or other.
4. He was much delighted in hearing the Word of God, either Read or Preached.
5. He loved to go to School, that he might learn something of God and would observe and take great notice of what he had read, and come home and speak of it with much affection; and he would rejoice in his book, and say to his Mother, O Mother! I have had a sweet lesson to day, will you please to give me leave to fetch my book that you may hear it?
5. He loved to go to School, that he might learn something of God and would observe and take great notice of what he had read, and come home and speak of it with much affection; and he would rejoyce in his book, and say to his Mother, O Mother! I have had a sweet lesson to day, will you please to give me leave to fetch my book that you may hear it?