I have no a priori problem with the killing of kings...
Most of what is popular belief of the Puritans is BS anyway.
The problem with Cromwell is that he did not organize and institutionalize a non-monarchic government. It was just his personal rule, and when he died there was no plan for a logical succession.
Cromwell was a brilliant parliamentarian and a superb military commander. As Europeans are wont to do, he took his idea of revolution too far, and his progeny devoured him. But he was certainly no worse a ruler than some of England’s more regrettable monarchs.
That’s a really “odd” interpretation of Cromwell, a man called the first class revolutionary by Leon Trotsky. (He meant that as a compliment.)
He forcibly dissolved Parliament when it would not concede to his demands and replaced it with a group of his followers. And when they were sufficiently deferential, he sacked them to. He committed mass murder of civilians in Scotland and Ireland and sent countless Irish to slavery in the New World.
He turned the Army on the Levellers when they demanded religious toleration and universal suffrage.
But yeah, he’s unpopular today because he banned dancing on Sundays.
I am proud to say that my ancestors were Puritans. They had a strong belief in the sovereignty of God and had an extensive knowledge of the Covenants. I am pleased to say my first cousin, seven times removed, is David Brainerd. I look forward to meeting him.
God keeps His covenant promises. I do not think it a coincidence that Brainerd was a Bible translator and that I am part of Wycliffe Bible Translators (although not a translator, just on the team).