John Trapp on Psalms 126:5

Verſ. 5 They that ſow in tears] Whether Miniſters (as ſome reſtrain the ſenſe) who ſerve the Lord with many [illegible: 1 letter]ears and temptations, Act. 20.19. but ſee little fruit: Or others, who ſow in the tears of affliction, and compunction for ſin the cauſe thereof; his faecunda ſine dubio meſſis indulgentiae orietur, ſaith Arnobius, theſe ſhall certainly teap in joy, pardon of ſin, Iſa. 1.16. power againſt it (theſe troubled waters cure the ſoul, as the tears of Vine-branches cure the leproſie) increaſe of grace; the Lilly is ſown in her own tears, ſaith Pliny, ſo is grace; the Olive is moſt fruitfull when it moſt diſtilleth; ſo here: Theſe April-ſhowres bring on May-flowers, and make the heart to bee like a watered Garden: Beſides an acceſs of glory; for they that weep with men ſhall laugh with Angels; their tears ſhall be turned into triumphs, their ſadneſſe into gladneſſe, their ſighing into ſinging, their muſing into muſick, &c. See Mat. 5.4. This, the Protomartyr foreſaw, and therefore Ibat ovans animis, & ſpe ſua damna levabat. [illegible: 1 letter]embus de St. Stephano.