% neBRiriSH ANGLER. 



Harps upon the Willows by the Rivers of 

 Babylon ; fat down upon thofe Banks bemoan- 

 ing the Ruins of Sion, and contemplating their 

 own fad Condition. An ingenious Spaniard 

 therefore very juftly fays. That Rivers and 

 It he Inhabitants of the watry Element were 

 made for wife Men to contemplate, and Fools 

 to pafs by without Confideration. Doubtlefs 

 it was for the fame Reafon that the Prophet 

 David expreffes himfelf thus : 7bey that oc-* 

 cupy thernfelves in deep Waters^ fee the wort' 

 derful IVorhs of God. Such Wonders in- 

 deed as the Land does not afford. 



And that the Waters are fit for the Con- 

 templation of the moft prudent, pious, and 

 peaceable Men, feems to be teftified by the 

 Fra<5lice of fo many devout and contempla- 

 tive Perfons, as the Patriarchs, Prophets, and 

 Apoflles of Old. Of .thefe latter, we are 

 fure our Saviour chofe four of the twelve that 

 were fimple Fifhermen, whom he fent to pub- 

 lifh hi% Will to the Gentiles^ and infpired 

 with a Power to fpeak all Languages, and by 

 their mighty Eloquence to beget Faith in 

 the unbelieving Jews ; to preach Freedom 

 from the Incumbrances of the Law, and a 

 new Way to everlafting Life. This was the 

 Employment of thefe happy Fifhermen ; and 

 it has been obferved, that Chrift never re- 

 proved them on Account of their Calling, as 

 he did the Scribes and the Money- Changers. 

 He found that the Hearts of fuch Men, by 

 Nature, were fitted for Quietnefs and Con- 



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