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pressions, by which we express the things themselves, 

 for their appearances in the glass. And indeed 

 justly : for though there is nothing of the real nature 

 of the objects, in those appearances, yet, seeing there 

 is such a proportion between them, the same words 

 aptly serve for both. So we say, we see a man iu 

 the glass, or the sun or moon in the water, when 

 we see only an appearance, which has nothing of the 

 real nature of a man, or the sun or moon. And 

 there is such a proportion between the object and 

 its appearance, as would give us some idea of it, 

 though we had never seen it; but in a glass, or in 

 the water. 



By what has been already said, analogy in general 

 may be easily distinguished from metaphor. But 

 because the distinction between this and divine ana- 

 logy is of so great importance, I shall set the diff- 

 erence between these two in a clearer and oppo* 

 site light. 



Metaphor expresses an imaginary, analogy a real 

 correspondence: metaphor is no more than an il- 

 lusion ; analogy, a substitution of ideas and con- 

 ceptions. The intention of metaphor is only, to 

 express more emphatically something known more 

 exactly before : the intention of analogy, to inform 

 us of something, which we could not have known 

 without it. Metaphor uses ideas of sensation to 

 express things, whereto they have no real resem- 

 blance : analogy substitutes ^our notions and com- 



