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 self, O  Lord,  and  to  fear  that I shall  not  be  steadfast  in  my resolutions,  having,  through my own  frailty  and  vicious customs, increased  the  natural blindness  and  weakness in which  I  was  born! Yet, O Lord,  I  firmly  purpose, through Thy  merciful  assistance, never  to  consent  to  any mortal sin,  from  which  I humbly  beseech  Thee  to  preserve me  whilst  I  live; and, as  to  my  venial  sins and imperfections,  I  resolve to strive  against  them,  and hope, through  Thy  goodness, at  length  to  amend them.