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Preserved from the cares of this life


I implore You, my most gracious God, preserve me from the cares of this life, lest I should be too much entangled therein; and from the many necessities of the body, lest I should be ensnared by pleasure, and from whatever is an obstacle to the soul lest, broken with troubles, I should be overthrown. (CIoC)

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