410 FEAR OF DEATH. against these dangers, to double their vigilance against them, and to implore direction tinder them. Were theChristian militant accustomed never to engage in the moral battle of daily life, without putting on this panoply, the shafts of temptationwould strike with a feeble and erring blow ; they,would not So deeply pierce the guarded heart. And were fervent humble daily prayer once conscientiously adopted, its effects would reach beyond the week-day engagements. It would gradually extend its benign influence to the postponing of settling accounts, the festive dinner, and the not- absolutely necessary Journey, to one on those six days in which we are enjoined to labour. It would lead him to - the habit of doing " no manner of work" on that day, in which ,the doing of it was prohibited by the great Lawgiver in his own person. We have more than once alluded to the diversities of character, occasions.. events, difference in the state of mind,
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