John Trapp on Matthew 21:5

Verse 5. Tell ye the daughter of Sion] Here was that also of the Psalmist fulfilled, God is my King of old working salvation in the midst of the earth, Psal. 74. 12. For Jerusalem is by the Fathers observed to stand in the very center and navell of the habitable earth, as if it were fatally founded to be the city of the great King. Thy King cometh unto thee] All in Christ is for our behoof [illegible: 1 word] benefit, 1 Cor. 1. 30. & Micah 4. 8, 9. Unto thee shall it come, [illegible: 1 word] daughter of Zion, even the [illegible: 1 word] dominion: the kingdom shall come to thee daughter of Jerusalem. Why then dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no King in thee? Is thy counsellour [illegible: 1 word]? A Mandamus from this King, will do it at any time, Psal. [illegible: 1 word]. 4. Meek, and [illegible: 1 word] upon an Asse] Not upon a stately palfrey, as Alexander, Julius Caesar, &c. no such state here. Christ Kingdom was of another world: He came riding meek, and his word (the law of his kingdom) is both to be taught and received with [illegible: 1 word], 2 Tim. 2. 25. Jam. 1. 21. At Genua in Italy they shew the tail of the Asse our Saviour rod on for [illegible: 1 word] holy relique; and [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word] bow before it with great devotion. Neither will [illegible: 2 words] be reclaimed from such fond foperies; being herein the Italian [illegible: 1 word]. com. [illegible: 2 words]. Asses, which feeding upon the weed hen-bane, are so [illegible: 1 word], that they lye for dead, neither can they be wakened till [illegible: 1 word].