| Page 3 | -His purpose in writing: that his children may see how he cares for their spiritual wellbeing; and to tell of God’s wonderful dealings with him to his children
-Thanks God for the remembrance of his family
-Compares temptations to the lion that roared upon Sampson |
| Page 4 | -Shows how Moses, David, and Paul wrote of God’s dealings so that none would forget them |
| Page 5 | -Shows that we may read of God’s mercies to him in his book, and calls to remembrance God’s mercies through his life as he writes
-Tells his children to do the same: remember their former days
-Their father suffered the same fears and doubts as they, and God delivered him from them all
-Writes in a simple style and does not get into too much detail because God did not play in saving him, nor did Satan play in tempting him, so he would not play in recalling them to mind |
| Page 6 | Conclusion to the preface |
