5 38 Thesouks eeársat/c.allini, t:o:>l,,fhti(f, but the Lord make yon belecve them, that you may receive comfort toyour fouies. We comenow in the fecond place, to thofe fe- cond kindeofhinderanceswhichdoe notdeprive a manofthe title to Chrifl, but through our own folly and weaknefi'e they flop us from comming fb readily to Chrifl; weehave interefl in a pro- rnife,but through ourowne ignorance,and Satans fiabtilty, wee goe not fo readily toa promife wee have title to. The ground ofall thefe hinderm- ces is one, and that is this; namely whenmen our of carnali reafon contrive another way tocome toChrift tlan ever God ordained, than ever the Word revealed; when wee fet up a flandard by Gods flandard, whenout ofthe heady haughty imaginations of our mindes, wee make other termes and conditions of beleeving, than ever God made, then ever Chriflrequiredrswe lay bars in the way, and layboults upon our feet, and ma- nacles upon our hands, and then wee complaine wee cannot goe; the fault is your owne, and the impediments aremany, becaufe carnali reafon is fruitfull todevife, and Satan foIlowes, and fires, thofe imaginations. I will onely mention three hinderances which are mainly obfervable, by which many agracious heart iswonderfially dam- ped from comming to, and receiving benefit from the LordkillsChrifl. The firft hinderance, is a defperate kindeof Ninderanee defpaire and difccuragennent which fometimes opprefférh the fouleof adiflrcfied firmer ; the di- flreffed foule lookes uponhis ownecorruptions, acid
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