9269. For ye know the soul of a sojourner. That this signifies their longing and their life, is evident from the signification of “the soul,” when said of those who long to be instructed in the truths of faith, who are signified by “sojourners,” as being longing and life. For “the soul” denotes life from faith (see n. 9050); and longing is the very activity of life, because it is from the affection of good; and the truth of faith lives from the affection of good.