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who by my sins have run astray from Thee, though Thou art present in every place? I, who have polluted my soul, espoused to Thee in baptism, with filth and wickedness, abandoning Thee, my Maker and Redeemer, for the love of vanity and deceitful pleasures? Thou hast created me from nothing, and, by Thy grace, plentifully furnished me with the means of obtaining eternal happiness; and how ill a return have I made for these blessings, by living in sin, and by not being solicitous to please Thee, but rather to satisfy