but we glory in tribulations also

By saying that the saints glory in tribulations, he is not to be understood, as though they dreaded not, nor avoided adversities, or were not distressed with their bitterness when they happened, (for there is no patience when there is no feeling of bitterness;) but as in their grief and sorrow they are not without consolation, because they regard that whatever they bear is dispensed to them for good by the hand of a most indulgent Father, they are justly said to glory: for whenever salvation is promoted, there is not wanting a reason for glorying.

John Calvin, Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, chap. 5 v. 3, translated and edited by the Rev. John Owen (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2009), 190.