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A26146	The Lord Chief Baron Atkyns's speech to Sir William Ashhurst, Lord Mayor Elect of the city of London at the time of their being sworn in Their Majesties Court of Exchequer, Monday the thirtieth of October, 1693.	Atkyns, Robert, Sir, 1621-1709.	1694 (1694)	Wing A4143; ESTC R34194	10,530	14

Roman who was called Mecoenas of whom Tacitus tells us He was never Consul in Rome nor Senator but yet had a great authority both with Senate and People as any of those who had triumphed because of his excellent Parts and great Vertue It might have been said of him He loved our Nation and hath built us a Synagogue that is he delighted to do them good and they would all listen to him upon all occasions tho' he never had any of the Badges of Authority conferred upon him It is taken care of by our Law That that Coin which is current among us must not be of the baser Mettals but of one of the two ●●ner species Silver or Gold it must have intrinsick value as well as the Royal Impress This Election of your Lordship and ●ur Swearing you and all this Ceremony gives but the stamp and ●mpression it was your own intrinsick value before that intitled ●ou to the Office My Lord I shall say no more upon this Subject but shall make all the hast I can to conclude with that which is my duty to give some Advice to your Lordship Not but that you know your duty as well as I can teach it but I must not neglect any part of my own My Lord I must advise your Lordship to take care First of Religion and of the Service and Worship of God in the City to keep it up in power and in purity If we would have God to be our God and our Friend in a time of Distress we must carry it towards him Dutifully and Religiously and then we shall have him always our Friend our Father and Protector Therefore my Lord be severe upon all open prosane persons Swearers and others and those who are not afraid to vent their Atheistical loose Opinions in Religion There are a great many profest Atheists amongst us and there are I fear a greater number that pass under a new Name of Deists that are of as pernicious Principles and indeed I fear more dangerous who throw off all revealed Religion whatsoever Pray have a care of these and such as lead dissolute and debauched lives for if they be tolerated they will prove great Snares and Mischiefs to us all and therefore I hope your Lordship will look carefully after them In the next place pray My Lord take care of the Peace and Quiet of the City upon which the Peace of the Nation so much depends We have those among us and a great many who what with false Rumours and Reports and other artifices and cunning Contrivances would disturb the Peace of the Nation and put Frights and Fears into the Multitude It would be a desperate Remedy that of Insurrections and Tumults Your Lorship will do well to have an Eye upon them and prevent the beginnings 〈◊〉 are well joyned together in Holy writ it is Almighty God 〈◊〉 that can still the the Raging of the Sea and the Tumults of the People Whatsoever may be the Pretences upon which they are first got together we know not what they may turn about to when once they have a Head My Lord You will likewise do well to take care that the Proceedings of your Courts of Justice be clear and speedy and not too chargeable to the Suitor And here I cannot but renew the mention of a thing that I have spoken of I wish there were a good Law against selling of Offices in the City and every where else it doth corrupt the Fountain of Justice I speak not so much of your other Offices but of those in your Courts of Justice it may prove the ruine of the City and the destruction of the Government Pray My Lord take care of Charity look after the poor especially in this hard Winter and now there is such Scarcity of Corn and the Dearness of Coals Your Lorship in great Prudence and wisdom and of your great charity will I hope think of it in time and provide Stores for the poor People that they may not be in extream Want as to Food or Fewel I beg of your Lordship to be vigilant over those who meet together and cabal and study how to disturb our Peace My Lord they do now appear open-faced and effect to be known as Enemies to the Government They will not joyn with us in observing our Fasts but take occasion on those days to feast and be jolly with one another they purposely pride themselves in paying double Taxes because thereby they are known to be against our present Settlement These must have a strict Eye kept upon them I had much more to say upon that Point but I have been too long already I come now to the last part of this Work that lies upon me that is to offer your Lordship some Considerations that may encourage you in the chearful Discharge of your Office Among other things you have the good Examples of your two last Predecessors who indeed are so honourable and worthy persons that they may be counted among the Worthies of David and in particular your immediate Predecessor that stands by you who hath during his time well preserved the peace of the City and delivered it fairly into your Lordship's hands Tho we ●●nnot say he hath brought the Ship into Harbour yet he hat●●●●ly performed his part of the Voyage notwithstanding the Ro●ghness and Tempestuousness of the Season My Lord You have the Example of the King himself to encourage you who hath with great Courage and Love to our Nation exposed his Person to the utmost Perils and Hazards for us And it is not only his Vertue that may be an Encouragement but it is evident now to all the world that there hath a Blessed Providence attended him in the greatest Danger to preserve and protect him In the businness of Fights there is not a Bullet that flieth but it is under the Government and Direction of Providence And it is to a Miracle apperent that the Hand of Providence is continualy over the Head of our King When Julius Caesar was in great Distress Pompey his Enemy having possessed himself of all the Power and shut him up under great Difficulties he puts himself into a Disguise with a purpose to make his escape and embarqued himself in a sm●●● Vessel When he was there he could not prevail upon the Pilot to put to Sea it was rough and tempestuous like the Times we are now in all the Arguments he could use would by n● means do with him At length he was forced to throw off his Disguise and sh●w himself and tell him Caesarem Caesaris fortunam v●bis You have Caesar abroad and Caesar'● good Fortune That which he called Fortune I will call Providence A●d that Providence which preserved the King I make no doubt will protect you in your Great Station My Lord You have under your Care and I am glad the Care is in such hands the Worship Service of Almighty God and his Glory is engaged on your side Our great Enemy that I have spoken so much of before most blasphemously and impiously arrogates Glory to himself which is God's Prerogative My Glory saith God I will not give to another But the French King snatches at it he declares openly That the Dutch are an Hinderance and Diminution to his Glory and we may Expect to have the same said of our selves My Lord I say you have this Glory of God on your side and you have the Prayers and Assistance of a great many that love God a Great many in your City I dare pronounce more than in any place under Heaven The Prophet complained That he was left alone to serve God But God answered him that he had seven thousand in Israel which never bowed the Knee to Baal I may multiply that number of Seven as our blessed Saviour doth in the case of Forgiving our Brother There are seventy times seven thousand in this City and about it that never bowed the Knee to Baal never had a hand in all the Miscarriages and illegal Actions of the late Times would never own Popery and Arbitrary Power And I question not there are a great many more in the rest of the Kingdom These may be an encouragement to you You have the Interest of all the Protestants in the world and all that are concerned for their Civil Rights and their Religious ones too on your side My Lord I shall only conclude with one word Your Entrance into this great Office is very hopeful we all of us heartily wish your Exit and Conclusion may be as happy FINIS Dublin Re-printed for M. Gunn at the Sign of the Bible in Essex-street near Essex-Gate 1694.