A good conscience can bear very much, and is very joyful in the midst of adversity.
A bad conscience is always fearful and uneasy.
Sweetly wilt thou take thy rest, if thy heart reprehend thee not.
Never rejoice but when thou hast done well.
The wicked never have true joy, neither do they feel internal peace; because, There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord. Isaiah xlviii.
And if they shall say, we are in peace, evils will not come upon us, and who shall dare to hurt us, believe them not; for the wrath of God shall rise on a sudden, and their deeds will be brought to nothing, and their projects shall perish.
2. To glory in tribulation is not hard to him that loves: for so to glory is to glory in the cross of our Lord.
That glory is short lived, which is given and taken by men.
The glory of this world is always accompanied with sorrow.