the opposites of it, ih. ; arguetli humility and trust, 444 ; means to attain, 447.
Jiesistance of the devil must not be faint and cold, i. 330 ; must be a thorough resistance of all sin, ib. ; must not be for a while, but con- tinued, 331 ; arguments to persuade to, ib. ; graces that enable us in, 332.
Ilesolution in a course of godliness, a great advantage to come to, vi. 71.
In a course of godliness, good to engage us to come to God, vi. 335 ; to keep to God, ib. ; to be hearty in his service, ih. ; must be of the heart rather than of the tongue, 336 ; not weak and broken, but full, ib. ; not rash, but serious, ib. ; thorough, absolute, and peremptory, ib. ; present, not future, ib. ; made in a sense of our own insufficiency, and with dependence upon Christ, not in a confidence of our own strength, 337. To serve God must be of the heart rather than the tongue, viii. 92 ; must be full, ib. ; serious, 93 ; thorough, absolute, perfect, ib. ; for the present, not the future, ih. ; must be according to the covenant of grace, ib. ; motives for keeping, ib.
Respect of persons, one sort of, is right and proper, iv. 180 ; is vicious when the judgment is blinded by some external glory or appearance, so that we cannot discern truth or right, ib. ; having the faith of Christ in, having too great a care of outward regards in church administrations, 181 ; over-esteeming the rich and debasing the poor, ih. ; in religious matters is a sin, ib. ; ways in which we may be guilty of, ib. ; by making external things, not religion, the ground of our respect and affection, ih. • when we do not carry out the measure and proportion of affection according to the measures and proportions of grace, ib. ; when we can easily make greatness a cover for baseness, whereas it is its aggravation, 182 ; when we yield religious respects for advantage, ib. ; when church administrations are not carried on with an indiffer- ent and even hand to rich and poor, ih. ; when we coliteran the truths of God because of the persons that bring them to us, 183. Of persons, sinful, what it is, xiv. 23 ; cannot be imagined of God, ih. Of persons, is preference of one before another for something that is extrinsical, xviii. 408 ; as bodily gifts, strength, or beauty, ih. ; mental gifts, learning, prudence, ih. ; estate, rank, or quality, ih. ; nation or country, 409 ; externals in religion, ih. ; differences in lesser things, ib. ; denied of God in his government, 410 ; in his gifts of grace, ib.
Rest, vewardof the faithful represented under the nature of,'sx. 224; in allusion to the rest of Canaan, ih. ; to the sabbatic rest, ih. ; in opposition to the tedious conflicts which we have here about our sj^iritual estate and condition before God, 225 ; in opposition to whatever was grievous and burdensome in our duties, ib. ; in opposition to the calamities and troubles of the present life, ih. ; is a felicitating rest, ib. ; a holy and religious rest, 227 ; is for soul and body, 229.
Restraining grace, God may bridle the hearts of men while yet they are
unrenewed, xii. 58. Restraints, God puts upon the unconverted, that they are not able to do the
evil that naturally they would, iii. 309. Resurrection of the body, argument for, i. 368.
Of Christ, the evidence and assurance of a christian's happy resurrec- tion, i. 468 ; shows his victory over sin and over death, 471 ; is the great prop and foundation of our faith, 473.
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Eesun'ection, certainty of, the foundation of all godliness, i. 470 ; Christ's makes ours possible, ih. ; easy, ib. ; certain and necessary, 471 ; of the faithful shall be blessed and glorious, 472 ; considerations to help the belief and hope of, 474 ; it is a work of omnipotency, ib. ; God's justice is involved in it, ib. ; and his unchangeable covenant love, which inclines him to seek the dust of his confederates, ib. ; the redemption of Christ extends to the bodies of the saints, 475 ; honour is put on their bodies now, ib. Of Christ, efficient cause of, iii. 348 ; his own prayer, ib. ; God's power put forth upon his prayer, ib. ; the power of his own Godhead, ib. ; final causes or ends of, 349 ; the chief est ground of comfort to chris- tians in the scriptures, ib. ; all spiritual enemies subdued, ib. ; all spiritual blessings procured for us, 350 ; confirnieth the heart in the person of Christ, 351 ; and his office, ib. ; as an evidence, a clearing and justifying of his merits, 352 ; a pledge or earnest of the raising of our bodies, ib. ; as an influence, our life depending on his life, 353. Of Christ, due consideration of, doth mightily promote the spiritual life in us, xi. 221 ; advantage we have by it, ib. ; evidenceth the verity of the christian religion, ib. ; showeth us the perfection of his satisfac- tion, 222 ; is a visible demonstration of the truth of the resurrection and life to come, 223 ; it is by his resurrection that Christ is the cause of our life, ib. ; his life after his resurrection is a pattern of ours, both as to the immortality and perfection of it, 224. The condition on which it is promised, xii. 18 ; the certainty of its per- formance, 19 ; the bodies of believers shall be raised at the last day through the inhabitation of the Holy Spirit, ib. ; why this inhabita- tion is the ground of a glorious resurrection, 20 ; is a work of divine power, ib. ; this divine power belongeth in common to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ib. ; they all concur in a way proper to them, 21. There is something special in Christ's resurrection above his death which hath an influence upon our justification, xii. 3G8 ; it is a proof of the truth of his person and office, 369 ; a token of the acceptance of Christ as our mediator and surety, 370 ; and a victory over death, ib.; peculiar benefits derived from, 371. The respect that is between, and sijiritual life, xiii. 203. Of Christ, power of, what it is, xx. 59 ; is the Lord's work in our