Sadly, as throughout these pages, politics continued to be entwined with the church, especially in the years leading up to the early 1660s. Because of this, various Presbyterian groupings were formed, alliances which were religious or political or both. Furthermore, those who moved in these circles were prepared to switch loyalties, and this muddied the water to such an extent it is impossible to speak of the Presbyterians; in short, there was no one Presbyterian party. Nevertheless, for simplicity I will have to speak as though there was. The same goes for the Independents. The point is, we must not think of the emergent groups as though they were rigidly defined in the way they later became with the development of denominational attitudes. Needless to say, such political and religious fluidity greatly confuses the issue for us at this distance. More important, it must have complicated matters for the people at the time!
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