640 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XIX. lowestworks withthe greatestzealand affection,knowing thatwhateverisdone withGod beforeoureyesisnotslight, but meet forthekingdom ofheaven. TITUS.They who had tiedthe assarestruckdumb,be causeofthe greatnessofHis mightypower,and areunable toresistthewordsoftheSaviour; for" theLord" isa name ofmajesty,and asa King was He abouttocome inthesight ofallthepeople. Aug.de AUG. Nor mattersitthatMatthew speaksof an assandUMi v' itsfoal,whilethe otherssay nothingof the ass; forwhen cap.66. bothmay be conceived,thereisno varianceeventhoughone relateone thing,and anotheranother,much lesswhereone relatesone thing,anotherboth. nonocc. GLOSS.The discipleswaitedupon Christnotonlyinbring ing the coltof another,but alsowiththeirown garments, some ofwhichtheyplacedupon theass,otherstheystrewed intheway. BEDE. Accordingto the otherEvangelists,not the disciplesonly,but verymany alsoout of the crowds scatteredtheirgarmentsintheway. AMBROSE. Mystically,our Lord came to Mount Olivet, thatHe mightplantnew olivetreeson theheightsofvirtue. And perhapsthemountainitselfisChrist,forwho elsecould bearsuchfruitofolivesaboundinginthefulnessoftheSpirit? BEDE. Rightlyare thetowns describedasplacedon Mount Olivet,thatis,on theLord Himself,who rekindlestheunction ofspiritualgraceswiththelightofknowledgeand piety. ORIGEK. Bethany isinterpreted,the houseof obedience, but Bethphagethe houseofcheekbones,beinga placebe longingtothepriests,forcheekbonesin thesacrificeswere therightofthe priests,asitiscommanded in thelaw. To thatplacethen where obedienceis,and where the priesU havethepossession,our SavioursendsHis disciplestoloose the ass'scolt.AMBROSE. For theywere in thevillage,and the coltwas tiedwith itsmother,nor couldit be loosed exceptby the command of the Lord. The apostle'shand loosesit. Such was the act,suchthe life,suchthe grace- Be such,thatthou mayestbe ableto loosethosethatare bound. In theassindeedMatthew representedthemother of error,but in the coltLuke has describedthe general characterof the Gentilepeople.And rightly,whereonyet