Against wrath; self-examination; Chrysostom on daily audit
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The smoke of God's wrath held forth by the law does not terrify the one at peace: where there is no sin, there is no wrath as wages; a father's chastening does not remove the peace of knowledge.
Chrysostom urges a daily tribunal of conscience: let the mind sit as judge over the soul; search out faults; accuse your own vices not others'; before the day, call conscience to account for words, works, and thoughts.
Latin
Fumus irae Dei a lege obiectus non reformidatur a pacifico: ubi non est peccatum, non est ira ut merces; castigatio filiorum pacem scientiae non tollit. Chrysostomus monet quotidianum iudicium conscientiae: sedeat mens iudex in animam; scrutare delicta; accusata tua vitia non aliena; ante forum vocata conscientia rationem expetat verborum, operum, cogitationum.