5. The knowledge of this good David sought; as he himself declares, saying, _One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit His temple_. And that this is the chief Good he straightway added in the same Psalm, _I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living_. He must be sought after, there He will be clearly seen face to face. This good is in the house of God, in His secret and hidden place. Wherefore he says again, _He shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house_. In another place too he has shown this to be the highest blessing, saying, _The Lord shall bless thee out of Sion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem_. Wherefore blessed is he who dwells then in the vestibule of faith and in the spiritual abode, the dwelling place of devotion and the life of virtue. Sidenote: Isa. lii. 7. Sidenote: 1 Cor. i. 1. Sidenote: S. Matt. vii. 17. Sidenote: Ps. cxliii. 10. Sidenote: S. Matt. xx. 15. Sidenote: Ps. iv. 6. Sidenote: Heb. i. 3. 6. In Him therefore let us be and in Him abide, of Whom Isaiah says, _How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace_. Who are they that preach but Peter, Paul, and all the Apostles? What do they preach to us but the Lord Jesus? He is our Peace, He is our chief Good, for He is Good from Good, and from a good tree is gathered good fruit. And good also is His Spirit, Who takes of Him and _leads_ His servants _forth into the land of righteousness_. For who that hath the Spirit of God within him will deny that He is good, since He says Himself, _Is thine eye evil because I am good?_ May this Good which the merciful God gives to them that seek Him come into our soul, and into our inmost heart. He is our Treasure, He is our Way, He is our Wisdom, He is our Righteousness, our Shepherd, the good Shepherd, He is our Life. Thou seest how many goods are in this one Good! These goods the Evangelists preach to us. David seeking for these goods saith, _Who will shew us any good?_ And he shews that the Lord Himself is our Good by adding, _Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy Countenance upon us_. But Who is the Light of the Father’s Countenance, but _the Brightness of His Glory_, and the Image of the invisible God, in Whom the Father is both seen and glorified, as He also glorifies His Son? Sidenote: 1 Tim. iii. 16. Sidenote: Heb. i. 3. Sidenote: S. John xi. 35. Sidenote: Ib. i. 29.