7'hDSouks effeEtuallcaling to Chrift'. 5', Now to deale more plainly, the hindrances that Satan cafts in our way to keep us frombe- leeving,are of two farts. The firft are thole hin- drances that doe difinable a man from comming toChriff, as havingno title to him, no intereft in his mercy : fome hindrances doe really with- holdaman, that he cannot relyupon, and repaire unto the Lord Jefus Chrift : Other there bee againe, that doe not takeawayour intereft in the promifes; theydoe not hinderour titlewe have to Chrift, but weehinder our felves from com- ming to Chrift, bccaufe wee are not wife topre- vent thefe hindrances as wee thould, and avoid them aswe ought. Firft, wee will beginne with the former, and thequcftion is, what are thofe reali hindrances that keepe the foule that it cannot beleeve in the Lord Iefïis, that it never (hall beleeve in the Lord Iefus, upon thefe termes in that eftateand condition, thofe hindrances areefpecially foure The firft is this : A blinded careleflè and fenfe- leWefecurity andprefumption, which commonly takes poffeftionof the hearts of men, whereby theycontent themfelveswith their condition,be- caufe they knownot the mifery oftheir conditi- on : Marke what I fay, this fame fluggith fenfe-' leffe, this fame carelefè prcfumptionof a mans welfare, when there is no filchmatter, he is only blinded and deluded. When men cry peace, peace, to their foules, when they conclude their eftatesare good, they define to be no better, be- caufe they fee no other, becaufe they feenot the V v v 2 mifery
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