[²] The Worlde’s Resvrrection, or The gener’all calling of the Iewes... By Thomas Draxe, Minister of the word of God ... At London ... Anno 1608. (4to. 6 ll. + 124 pp. [B. M.])
Thomas Brightman (1562–1607), a Puritan Divine and Bible exegete, in his comment on:—
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“And the sixth [angel] poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared” (Revelation xvi. 12).
gives reasons why these “kings of the east” must mean the Jews, and then says: “What! Shall they return to Jerusalem again? There is nothing more certain: the prophets do everywhere confirm it.”[¹]
[¹] A Revelation Of Mr. Brightman’s Revelation, Whereon Is shewed, how all that which Mr. Brightman, ... hath fore-told ... hath beene fulfilled, and is yet a fulfilling, ... whereby it is manifest, that Mr. Brightman was a true Prophet.... Printed in the yeare of fulfilling it. 1641.
(4to. Eng. Front. + 1 l. + 37 pp. [B. M.]