Christs kingdome on earth, opened according to the Scriptures. Herein is examined, what Mr. Th. Brightman, Dr. J. Alstede, Mr. I. Mede, Mr. H. Archer, The glympse of Sions glory, and such as concurre in opinion with them, hold concerning the thousand years of the saints reign with Christ, and of Satans binding: herein also their arguments are answered. (Published 1645 by Printed by R. Cotes for S. Bowtell in London)

• 10/1/12: Thomas Hayne (1645) Quoted in Heaven Upon Earth "But the famous Kindome of Christ and Christians began moe years then one thousand five hundred agon.. Therefore the notable binding of Satan began one thousand five hundred years agon, and therefore is past long before our time." (Christs Kindome on Earth, p. 72)

• Jeffrey K. Jue: Heaven on Earth: Joseph Mede and the rise of millenarianism - Section 8 - Challenges from Preterists (2006) This book contributes to the ongoing revision of early modern British history by examining the apocalyptic tradition through the life and writings of Joseph Mede (1586-1638). The history of the British apocalyptic tradition has yet to undergo a thorough revision. Past studies followed a historiographical paradigm which associated millenarianism with a revolutionary agenda. A careful study of Joseph Mede, one of the key individuals responsible for the rebirth of millenarianism in England, suggests a different picture of seventeenth-century apocalypticism. The roots of Mede's apocalyptic thought are not found in extreme activism, but in the detailed study of the Apocalypse with the aid of ancient Christian and Jewish sources. Mede's legacy illustrates the geographical prevalence and long-term sustainability of his interpretations. This volume shows that the continual discussion of millenarian ideas reveals a vibrant tradition that cannot be reconstructed to fit within one simple historiographical narrative.

  "Hayne went so far as to argue that the coming of the Son of Man in the clouds in Daniel referred exclusively to Christ's first coming.  "Coming in the Clouds, dan. 7. is not the last Judgment at Doomsday but Christ's coming to take the Kingdom which he preached to be at hand, of all power being given to him." (Mede, Works, pp. 740,752)

  "The debate between Mede and Thomas Hayne illustrates an important division that emerged within the English apocalyptic tradition. The sixteenth century marked the increase of the historical-prophetic exegetical method, while the seventeenth century witnessed the dominance of this hermeneutic. Yet within this historicist tradition in England, two competing interpretations arose. The followers of Mede continued to endose his millenarianism, while others like Thomas Hayne argued for a preterist reading." (p. 150)

  ‎"The sixteenth century marked the increase of the historical-prophetic exegetical method, while the seventeenth century witnessed the dominance of this hermeneutic. Yet within this historicist tradition in England, two competing interpretations arose. The New England pastor, Increase Mather, expressed his opinion of ...the Dutch scholar Hugo Grotius and his most ardent English supporter Henry Hammond in one of his dissertations:

  • "As for Grotius, I look on my self as concerned to warn young Scholars to beware of him, lest they suck down Poison when they think they have found Honey.  He has by perverse Expositions and Interpretations in his Annotations on the Bible, corrupter many Texts of Scripture .. Dr. Hammond has borrowed most of his Nations from Grotius (especially his apocalyptical ones) whoever compares them will quickly discern."

  "All millenarians in the same strand as Mede shared Mather's scathing sentiments, because Grotius, Hammond and later the puritan pastor Richard Baxter provided the strongest and most sustained opposition against a millennarian eschatology." (Heaven and earth, p. 150 "Katherine Firth describes their interpretation as a "New Way," which solicited repeated responses from those who contained to follow Mede."

EARLY CRITICAL DEBATE BETWEEN A FUTURIST ESCHATOLOGY AND A MODERN PRETERIST ESCHATOLOGY : JOSEPH MEDE VS. THOMAS HAYNE

• In the end neither Mede nor Hayne surrendered any exegetical ground.   Hayne regarded Mede as his "worthy and learned friend, but not to bee preferred before truth."

• The debate between Mede and Thomas Hayne illustrates an important division that emerged within English apocalyptic tradition.