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ANAGOGICAL

Volume 1 · 83 words · 1778 Edition

signifies mysterious, transporting; and is used to express whatever elevates the mind, not only to the knowledge of divine things, but of divine things in the next life. This word is seldom used, but with regard to the different senses of Scripture. The analogical sense is, when the sacred text is explained with a regard to eternal life, the point which Christians should have in view: for example, the rest of the Sabbath, in the analogical sense, signifies the repose of everlasting happiness.