The Humble REPRESENTATION AND ADDRESS Of several Churches and Christians in South WALES, and MUNMOUTH- shire, etc. DUBLIN, Printed by WILLIAM BLADEN, Anno Dom. 1655. To his Highness OLIVER LORD PROTECTOR Of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging. The humble Representation and address of several Churches and Christians in South Wales, and Monmouth-shire. May it please your Highness, WE should yet longer have contented ourselves with praying and praising God for you, in secret, and taken advantage from our distance as to public affairs, and from your Highness' most Christian and favourable understanding of us, to have still for born any address of this manner to You; but that a late printed Paper, Entitled (A Word for God, or a testimony, etc. from several Churches, and divers hundreds of Christians in Wales, etc.) coming to our view (the largeness of which title to those that did not compare it with the subscriptions, nor know that Country might seem to involve under it the generality of the good people there) We therefore think ourselves loudly called upon, to assure your Highness, that most of such as fear the Lord in that Country, are not led aside with those temptations, but continue still through grace, such as you judged them once to be, highly esteeming and honouring not only your Person, or being before them in Christ, but also that Government and Magistracy which God by most eminent, and signal providences, hath called You to the exercise of, over these Nations, and cannot now but in the rear of some thousands of good people, bear our testimony in this manner to it, as that wherein at present, we believe the cause, and interest of God, so long contended for, the protection of the Saints, the liberty of the Gospel, the interests of all the people, are under God embarked; And we cannot see if some who are so earnestly set against this Government (and for no other visibly) had their wills, how these mercies can be preserved to us. And indeed (my Lord) it hath not a little affected us, that while you are sitting at the Stern, and wrestling with difficulties for us, any professing Christ (and especially from among us) should the while, be doing the thing that tends evidently to sink the whole Vessel, Nor can You easily judge how much we are grieved that your Highness should have any seeming occasion, to think the generality of the poor Saints of Wales, who were once so much your joy, should now so sadly degenerate, as to have head, heart, or hand in this unseemly Paper. And though we hope we should have hearts to bless God for You exceedingly, if we might but under You lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness, and honesty (as who, having a heart to it may not, and be also greatly encouraged from the Authority) which is a mercy would have been valued at an other rate by our Forefathers, and such as no Nation in the world besides, that we hear of, do enjoy, Yet we cannot rest there, but must acknowledge that (which in private hath rejoiced our hearts) we see other good things upon the wheel: Endeavours and ways taken to remove all oppressions from the bodies of men, also godly Governors, appointed into all parts to protect the well affected, and discountenance sin and wickedness. Taxes lessened as far (at least) as the safety and preservation of the whole could give way. Godly Protestants of Foreign parts owned, and sympathized with, in their distress; Designs laid in the most probable way for the extirpation of Popery, and making further passage for the Gospel, and Kingdom of our Lord in the world; which the hearts, and spirits of the Saints, for this many hundred years have been engaged on, and yet we wonder, Friends, that seemed once to be of the same mind, should take the advantage that was too sadly given the Enemy, to pass so hard a sentence upon the works of God, whole ways are in the deep; not weighing aright what experience might have taught us all ere this, that his usual course is to pull down where he intends to build, and to make instruments base and vile, that his own arm may be considered, when he shall appear with them. And we humbly take notice, that not only in this case men that run before God, in prescribing ways, and times, for the bringing forth the merciful dispensations, he hath pomised to these latter days, seem to have a spirit to the work in their own time and way, but none in Gods. And for what remains undone of all that was declared, prayed, and sought for, we and the rest of our Brethren of this Commonwealth, may if we would deal faithfully with God, and ourselves justly acknowledge, that our grievous sins, and our sad unparalleled abuse of those manifold mercies already received, together with the monstrous pettishness, and too common indisposition in divers good men; to follow God, and to yield cheerful obedience to him in the Government, (which doubtless is of his own workmanship) is the real proper Cause, why any good things hoped for, by any man, is so sadly retarded, and endangered, it is not our meaning to trace our Brethren, in all the particulars instanced in that Paper; as the imprisoning some Noblemen, etc. which We conceive to be the mildest course could be taken, and keep them from ruining themselves, and hazard the whole Nation with them, and we wish in naming such with the respect they do, though Cavaliers and Enemies, our Brethren, to magnify the opposition, do not forget the spirit themselves were once of towards they, and all their Party; nor what they urge touching the continuing the Army together, with the Taxes, Customs, Excise, etc. even as they say in the time of Peace, without considering by what hands under God, that Peace, and all the Mercies with it, as it was obtained; is to this very hour (and as yet cannot without a Miracle be otherwise) conceived to us, only we are so far from undervaluing, that we must remember and own with them the noble Principles, that were in some of our Patriots in the old Parliament, and the frequent appearances of God, for his Cause and People, during their sitting, and yet wonder our brethren should so soon forget their own sense of them in the latter end, how weary they were grown of their Government, and how far they were then from judging it to be a dishonour to God, a scandal to Religion, or grief to good men, to have a period put to that authority. But we greatly fear many of our dear Brethren take too too much liberty, to censure the manifest revolutions, and actions, that the right hand of God hath brought forth amongst us, and to ravel into, and put contrary senses on those passages of Providence, which themselves, together with the Generation of Saints, had once written EBENEZER upon, which God in his own time will (we hope mercifully convince them of, in the mean space as We have through Grace some fellow-feeling with you in your burdens, so we rejoice in the goodness of God to You, that hath armed You with such a measure of strength, as in the midst of trouble, enough from other hands, to be able to bear with the numerous oppositions, contradictions, and infirmicies of the weak Saints; and while the spirit that is in them (which perhaps they knew not) carried them to be pulling down, the Wall, and Hedge, God hath set about them. That You should still continue a Protection and Defence to them, and us, and not to be discouraged in the work of God under Your hands, and we trust that the provocations and evil of this late Paper (though it be very great) will not prevail over that glorious Spirit in You, but that You will still in some likeness to-Your Heavenly Father, be doing good for evil, and rendering love and compassion for perverseness, and so convince calumny itself, And God even Your God will be with You in the rest of the Works he hath given You to do, And (after we hope many years longer over us) reckon You amongst the Over-commers, and welcome You into his own Eternal joy and Glory, which is the Prayer of Your Highness most humble Servants, and Subjects in the Lord, etc. FINIS. The Names of the Subscribers. RAl. Williams Edw Harry Geor Robinson H●gh Rogers Io●n Nicholas William Blethy Edward Herbert Thomas Martin. john Williams George Morgan Rich. William's Rice jones Richard Parker. 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Williams Henry Williams Wil Williams Edmond Turban Evan Rosser Tho. Giles Lewis Rosser Thomas Lewelin David Philip William Edmond Harry Philip Thomas Rice john David Mered. Thomas David Evan Philip Thomas john William Morgan William Patrick Walter Gibbon William john Howel Nathaniel Ripid john Evans Samuel Lort Robert White Thomas eliot Henry Garlake Edward Wills Richard Lort Giles Denham Abel Bishop Griffith Howel Rice Price Rober Tennant Thomas Warren Stephen Young john eliot jun. Thomas Howel William Hugh's William Steward David Dyer james Picton jeni in jones William moil Thomas Wills Edward Morris From the Church of Christ at Langom in Penbrookshire, the 11 month, 17 day, 1655. Edward Carver john Says Christop. jackson Hump. Gunter Erasmus Hicks Anthony Stocks john Lewis Owen Young Thomas Melets john Luntley Robert Peiest Richard Brown Stephen Love Peregrine Philip's Thomas Smith Richard Railer Edmond Thomas Walter William William Watkin Ros. Tho. 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Benedict Thomas Reece William Green john Miles David Davi●s William Thomas Morgan jones john Price Lewis Thomas john Thomas Evan Bowen Howel Griffith Thomas jones john William's john Beaban David Thomas Thomas ab Evan David Hopkin Owen Llewelin David Hopkin Evan Thomas Edward Robert Thomas Hopkin William. Nicholas john Morgan Sim Butler Philip john Wil Thomas David Thomas Robert Matthews Charles Morgan Philip jenkin William Matthew William. Morgan Hugh Bayly William. Morgan David Griffith Owen Dowl Thomas Hopkin Richard Edward Thomas john jenkin Franklin john Knayth Nicholas Tanner William Rees Moses Whityard Reese Pew George Williams William. 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Rees David David Griffith john Evan William David Thomas john Evan Thomas john Powel Meredith Davis Francis Davis Thomas David Rice john's Drahern Evan David john's Dau. Matthew Owen David Rees john Morgan john john Bowen Griffit. Humphrey Thomas Morgan john Owen Rees Thomas Griffith john Dau. Bowen Owen David Morgan Thomas john Evan Evan Morgan john Walter Richard Hugh David Harry Antho. Thomas Ezekias Thomas john David Griffith Hopkin. FINIS.