#33 Rejoicing and Sadness

And here we can put these four things, as also above, namely:
Rejoicing at the words of God in the spirit,
Being sad according to the cross in the flesh,
Rejoicing at the reality of the world in the flesh,
Being sad at the cross in the conscience or spirit.
Joy inwardly over the Word.
Joy outwardly over the reality.
And
Sadness externally over the lack of the reality.
Sadness inwardly over the lack of the Word.
Therefore happy is the sadness of the faithful, which has such joy with it, and unhappy is the joy of the unbelievers, which has such sadness with it. This joy of the former is founded on the Word of the Lord, which abides forever, while the joy of the latter is founded on the flesh, which is grass because its flower has dried up and fallen (Is. 40:7). (Luther’s Works, v. 11, p.521)