To his Highness Richard Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions
and Territories thereunto belonging.
The Humble Remonstrance and Representation of the Major
and Burgesses of the Borough of St. Ives in the County
of Cornwal, in the behalf of themselves and the rest
of the Inhabitants of the said Borough, &c.
May it pleaser your Highness,
THe sad and unexpected fall of your now blessed Father
(whom the Lord had chosen among all the Families of
the Nations, to make strong for himself, being that Plant of
Renown, under whose shadow the tired and drooping spirits
of his people have been refreshed and quickned) is and hath
been for a Lamentation, when our hopes were in their height;
and our David having gotten some breathing time, and rest
from his enemies round about, began to apply his thoughts
to build a setled House for the Lord in the midst of these his
so pretious Resolutions, was he withdrawn and catcht from
us, which would prove an over-whelming consideration, had
not God left us a Nail in his Sanctuary, and him a Light in
Jerusalem. We cannot but admire and adore Providence,
that (when the delight of our eyes vanished) we were not benighted
in a Wilderness of Confusion, and our Walls and
Bulwarks being thrown down, as a forsaken Vineyard delivered
into the hands of the devourer; but contrary (our
enemies abroad, and that spirit of discontent and murmuring
in our own Bowels being charmed and laid asleep) God directed
the hearts of the Nations to center and meet upon
you as the undoubted Successor, and noblest Branch of that
Princely stock now removed. We are thankfully sensible,
that whereas the ways of our Zion might be mourning, and
judgment been turned backward, we are defended in our
Religious and Civil Liberties, sitting under our Vines and
Fig-trees, none making of us afraid; and are confidently