And as upon these accounts these Kings may be said to be of the East, so will their possessions and inheritances fall to them, especially in the Eastern parts of the world, when the Turk (who now posseseth them, and who shall fall together with the Pope) shall be destroyed. But what is the preparing of the way of these Kings of the East? It is that which is prophesied of by (i)Isaiah; Go through, go through the gates, prepare ye the way of the people, cast up, c•st up the high way, gather out the stones, lift up a standard for the people; Behold, thy salvation cometh, behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. And they shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord; and thou shalt be called, sought out, a City not forsaken. But how is their ⟨image ?⟩way prepared? By removing all impediments out of the way of their conversion. And what these impediments are, we shall the better understand, by considering, 1. Whither the Jews shall then go. 2. What to do. Whither shall they go? viz. Westward, to join with the Churches of the Gentiles in the beginning of the sixth vial, as hearing of the destruction of Rome, under the fifth. For then will their eyes begin to be opened to see Christ to be the true Messiah, when they shall see the most eminent judgment of God in the ruin of the seat of the Beast. After which the beast will survive for a time till the close of the sixth vial; during which interval, the Jews will be stirred up to join with the Christian Gentiles, to effect the final ruin of spiritual Babylon. To this end, their way must be prepared; How? By the drying up of the waters of the great River Euphrates, i. e. By diminishing and weakening the power of the Turk, who lieth as the great impediment in this their way. For the waters of this great River, signify the great power of the Turk, and the vast multitudes of people under his Dominion; for thus, the numerous host of the King of Assyria is called, (k)the waters of the river, (viz. Euphrates) strong and many. And like as when the sixth Trumpet sounded, the four angels which were bound in the great River Euphrates, were loosed, and the number of the Army of the horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand, i. e. the power of the Turk was exceeding great: Even so, when the sixth vial (which answereth to the sixth Trumpet) is poured out, we have the contrary effect wrought, viz.
And as upon these accounts these Kings may be said to be of the East, so will their possessions and inheritances fall to them, especially in the Eastern parts of the world, when the Turk (who now posseseth them, and who shall fall together with the Pope) shall be destroyed. But what is the preparing of the way of these Kings of the East? It is that which is prophesied of by (i)Isai•h; Go thorow, go thorow the gates, prepare ye the way of the people, cast up, c•st up the high way, gather out the stones, lift up a standard for the people; Behold, thy salvation cometh, behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. And they shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord; and thou shalt be called, sought out, a City not forsaken. But how is their ⟨image ?⟩way prepared? By removing all impediments out of the way of their conversion. And what these impediments are, we shall the better understand, by considering, 1. Whither the Iews shall then go. 2. What to do. Whither shall they go? viz. Westward, to joyn with the Churches of the Gentiles in the beginning of the sixth vial, as hearing of the destruction of Rome, under the fifth. For then will their eyes begin to be opened to see Christ to be the true Messiah, when they shall see the most eminent judgment of God in the ruine of the seat of the Beast. After which the beast will survive for a time till the close of the sixth vial; during which interval, the Iews will be stirred up to joyn with the Christian Gentiles, to effect the final ruine of spiritual Babylon. To this end, their way must be prepared; How? By the drying up of the waters of the great River Euphrates, i. e. By diminishing and weakning the power of the Turk, who lyeth as the great impediment in this their way. For the waters of this great River, signifie the great power of the Turk, and the vast multitudes of people under his Dominion; for thus, the numerous host of the King of Assyria is called, (k)the waters of the river, (viz. Euphrates) strong and many. And like as when the sixth Trumpet sounded, the four angels which were bound in the great River Euphrates, were loosed, and the number of the Army of the horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand, i. e. the power of the Turk was exceeding great: Even so, when the sixth vial (which answereth to the sixth Trumpet) is poured out, we have the contrary effect wrought, viz.
- (i)Isa. 62.10, 11, 12.
- (k)Isa. 8.7.
