How the Many Look to themselves for their merits due them

13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. Matthew 7:13
John Calvin [I]f we look only to ourselves and consider what is due to our merits, no ground of hope remains, but we lie forsaken of God under eternal death. (Inst. 3.2.1)
How sad for those who look to their Merits, no ground of hope remains and they do not even see their condition! How many the multitudes, which look to themselves and consider what is due their merits, instead of looking to the merits of Christ for Salvation!