A treatise of mans imaginations Showing his natural evil thoughtsA treatise of mans imaginations Shewing his naturall euill thoughts

Sect. 3. Mans thought of security in the day of peace.

Sect. 3. Mans thought of securitie in the day of peace.

The third evil thought concerning ⟨p. 138⟩a mans self is, a thought of security; in the time of peace and prosperity, men say thus in their hearts, I am free from all Gods judgements, I am in no danger of hell, death, or damnation, but sure enough of salvation. It may be thought, that none is so bewitched of the devil, as to have this conceit of himself, but the scripture is most plain in the proof hereof: Psal. 10. 6. The wicked man, (such as is every man by nature, as we showed before) saith in his heart, I shall never be moved nor be in danger. And the Prophet Isaiah brings in wicked men saying, ^awe have made a covenant with death, and with hell we are at agreement: which must not be understood as done indeed (for death, and hell will make ⟨p. 139⟩league with none) but only in mens wicked Imagination, persuading themselves, that they be in no danger of hell, or of the grave: for so much the next words import, that, though a scourge run over & pass thorough, yet it shall not come at us: yea righteous David was overtaken herewith, for in his prosperity he said in his heart,^b I shall never be moved; much more then is it the thought of every natural man, to say with the rich fool upon the increase of outward blessings,^c soul, soul, take thine ease, thou hast enough, nothing can hurt thee.