[1][2] It banned Royalists and those who had supported the Engagement from holding public office including positions in the army.
[4][5] The rescinding of the Act of Classes in 1651 led to a serious breach in the ranks of the Scottish clergy.
The Resolutioners, or supporters of the resolution to rescind that act (such as James Sharp), were opposed by the Protesters, the rigid adherents to the strictest interpretation of the Covenant (such as Patrick Gillespie and James Guthrie).
The period of the Commonwealth was filled with the strife between these two parties, its bitterness not lessened by the fact that the assembly, dissolved in 1653 by Cromwell's soldiers, was not allowed to meet again in his protectorate.
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