It pleaseth the most righteous and yet patient God to warne and Summon, to try and arraigne the universall race of Adams sonnes (commonly) upon Beds of sicknesse before he proceed to execution of Death and Judgment: Blessed those soules which prevent Judgement, Death and Sicknesse too, and before the eivill dayes come, Arraigne, and Judge themselves, and being sick for love to Christ, find him or seek him in his Ordinances below, and get unfained Assurance of Eternall enjoyment of Him when they are here no more. More particular. One step twixt Me and Death, (twas Davids speech.) And true of sick Folks all: Mans Leafe it fades, his Clay house cracks, Before its’ dreadfull Fall. Like Grashopper the Indian leapes, Till blasts of sicknesse rise: Nor soule nor Body Physick hath, Then Soule and Body dies. O happy English who for both, Have precious physicks store: How should (when Christ hath both refresht,) Thy love and Zeale be more? CHAP. XXXII. _Of Death and Buriall._ As Pummíssin, He is not yet departed. Neenè, He is drawing on. Paúsawut kitonckquêwa, He cannot live long. Chachéwunnea, He is neere dead. Kitonckquéi, He is dead. Nipwì màw, He is gone. Kakitonckquêban, They are dead and gone. Sequttôi, He is in blacke; That is, He hath some dead in his house, (whether wife or child, &c.) for although at the first being sicke, all the Women and Maides blacke their faces with soote and other blackings; yet upon the death of the sicke, the Father, or husband and all his neighbours, the Men also (as the English weare black mourning clothes) weare blacke Faces, and lay on soote very thick, which I have often seen clotted with their teares. This blacking and lamenting they observe in most dolefull manner, divers weeks and moneths; yea a yeere, if the person be great and publike. Séqut, Soote. Michemesháwi, He is gone for ever. Mat wònck kunnawmòne, You shall never see him more. Wunnowaúntam, Grieved and in bitternesse. Wullóasin, Nnowantam, nloâsin, I am grieved for you. Obs: As they abound in lamentations for the dead, so they abound in consolation to the living and visit them frequently using this word, Kutchímmoke, Kutchimmoke, Be of good cheere, which they expresse by stroaking the cheeke and head of the Father or Mother, husband or wife of the dead. Chepassôtam, The dead Sachim. Mauchaúhom, The dead man. Mauchaúhomwock chèpeck, The dead. Chepasquâw, A dead woman.