A survey or account of the most observable passages of my life [electronic resource] : wherein Gods wonderful providence and mercy hath been shewed in my preservation in, and deliverance from many dangers; which as I have taken notice of th:m [sic], my self, that I might the better consider of my engagements to God, to stirre me up to be thankful and fruitful, who am less than the least of all his mercies; so also that my children after me may learn to know the God of their fathers mercies, and serve him with a more perfect heart then I have done; laying to heart their original corruption, which they have derived from their parents, and begging of God to assist them in mortifying the sins of their nature; and give them his spirit to enable them to walk in newness of life, to the praise of their maker and preserver that when they are to depart hence, they may rest with their fathers, and lie down to sleep in hope of a glorious resurrection.