Often persons experience a great struggle of soul between the dictates of conscience under the striving and light of God's Spirit, and the will or the feelings of the soul. The soul sees duty, but is unwilling to do it. It sees the right, but cleaves to the wrong. This produces a great struggle such as that represented in Rom. Now it is the opposite of this state of mind that is intended by peace.
Peace is the opposite of remorse.
Remorse is a feeling of guilt and condemnation in view of our sins. Unless the conscience becomes seared, there will always be more or less remorse, so long as there is persistent neglect of any duty, or perseverance in any wrong. It is a state opposite to a sense of condemnation. Remorse is a sense of guilt. Not only is peace of mind inconsistent with this, but as we shall soon see, it is the opposite of this.