John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 7:22

Verſ. 22. For oftentimes alſo thine own heart knows] Conſcience is Gods ſpie, and Mans over-ſeer; and though ſome can make a ſorry ſhift to muzzle her for a time, or to ſtop their own cars, yet ipſa ſe offert, ipſa ſe ingerit, ſaith Bernard, ſooner or later ſhee will tell a man his own to ſome tune, as they ſay, ſhee will not go behinde the door to let him know, that hee himſelf likewiſe hath curſed others, as now by Gods juſt judgement, others curſe him. The conſcience of our own evil doings, though hid from the world, ſhould meeken us toward thoſe that do amiſs. See Titus 3.3. Say to your ſelves, Aut ſumus, ant fuimus, aut poſſumus eſſe quod hic eſt.

The wrong that David had done to Ʋriah, helped him to bear the barkings of that dead Dogg Shimei. Here then Take no heed unto all words, &c. as in the former verſe. For, nihil amarius quam id ipſum pati quod feceris, there is nothing more bitter, than to ſuffer that which thou haſt done to others;Tertul. becauſe thoſe ſufferings ſting the conſcience with unqueſtionable conviction and horrour, as is to bee ſeen in Adonibezek, who acknowledged with a regret, a juſt remuneration, Judg. 1.7.