John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 1:12

Verſe 12. For this is our rejoycing, &c.] He was merry under his load, becauſe his heart was upright. The ſincere will well ſtand under great preſſures, becauſe they are ſound. Whereas if a bone be broke, or but the skin rub'd up and raw, the lighteſt load will be grievous.

And godly ſincerity] A fine word he here uſeth: [non-Latin text not transcribed]. and it is a Metaphor either from the Eagle that trieth her young by holding them forth againſt the full ſight of the Sun;Ariſtot. Plin. (ſo ſhould we the motions of our mindes to the Word of God) or elſe from a wiſe and wary chapman, that holds up the cloth he buyes, betwixt his eye and the Sun.