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 which he lays his Beloved had Eyes like the 

 Fijb-pools £?/He(hbon. And if this Remark 

 will hold good in general, by the fame Rule it 

 may be probably concluded, that Mofes^ who 

 wrote the Book of Joh^ and the Prophet A- 

 pios^ who was a Shepherd, were both An- 

 glers. But this may more efpecially be pre- 

 fumed o{ A7noSj whofe humble, lowly, plain 

 Stile, when compared with the pompous and 

 lofty Eloquence of the Prophet Jfaiahy will 

 eafily induce us to believe him to be not only 

 a Shepherd, but a good-natured honeft Fifher- 

 man. And much the fame may be obferved 

 in comparing the affedlionate, loving, and 

 pathetic Epiftles of St. Peler, St. James, and 

 St. John, who we know were all Fifhers, 

 with the fublime Language and high Meta- 

 phors of St. Paul, who we are pretty certain 

 was not. 



As for the Lawfulnefs of Fifhing to a Pro- 

 feflbr of Chriftianity, it may be maintained 

 from our Saviour's Pradice, who bade St. 

 Peter call his Hook into the Water and take 

 out a Fifh, for Money to pay Tribute to the 

 Roman Emperor. 



We may even add the Dignity of this Art 

 to its other Advantages, it having been the 

 Amufement of mighty Kings and confecrated 

 Priefts. Mark Anthony and Cleopatra, in the 

 Midft of their dazzling Glory, ufed Angling 

 as a principal Recreation. And he that reads 

 the antient Ecclefiaftical Canons, will find 

 Hunting forbidden to Churchmen, as being a 



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