gathered unto my people] That is, his soule to society of the Saints above, viz. the spirits of just men made perfect, as Hebrews 12:23. See Annot. on Chap. 25. 8. who are the people of his spirituall kindred, and his body to lodge with with the bodies to which he had alliance by the flesh; thus he accounts himselfe a Pilgrime here: See Chap. 47. 9. and those his people, who are gone hence to the rest and peace of a better world, to which he now apprehends himselfe ready to passe; and his holy life makes him not doubt of an happy death, whereof he can both thinke, and speake, with cheerfulnesse and comfort. bury me with my fathers] See Annot. on Chap. 47. 5: 30.