Verse 9. It then perceives of the good and truth which it has received from infancy, that they are not to be accepted if not in accordance with the light given from heaven; and that good works are not genuine unless prompted by love to the Lord, and that nothing that comes from the man himself is good: but that all genuine good is from the teaching of the Word, and the endeavour to regulate the life by the rules therein given.

8327. 'On the mountain of Your inheritance' means the heaven where the good of charity resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'mountain of inheritance' as heaven. For 'mountain' means the good of love, 795, 796, 2722, 4210, 6435, and 'inheritance' means another's life, in this instance the Lord's; thus the life of goodness and truth which is derived from the Lord is meant, since those who possess this life are heirs of the kingdom and are called sons, 2658, 2851, 3672, 7212. Since these things are meant by 'the mountain of inheritance', heaven is also meant; for heaven is heaven by virtue of the good of love and it is the inheritance belonging to those who are the Lord's.