Verse 5. _Who shall give account to him, that is ready to judge the quick and the dead._ Verse 6. _For, for this cause was the Gospell preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit._ _The Analysis._ THE Apostle having set before us the example of Christ, in this place he concludes therehence, that which he proposed to be concluded _chapter 3._ verse 17. and before that verse 11. that is, that all Christians should eschew evill, & follow that which is good. And this conclusion he layes downe in such manner, that if a due proportion be observed betwixt Christ as our example, and Christians that are regenerated, and renewed according to his image, he shews it doth necessarily depend upon & flow from the example of Christ. He concludes with such a Syllogisme, as this: All Christians should be armed with the same mind, concerning sinne and righteousnesse, as Christ himselfe was: But Christ having suffered in the flesh ceased from sinne, and lived in the spirit unto God: Therefore all Christians should be wholy bent, and endeavour all that they can to cease from sinne or the lusts of men, and live unto God, or the will of God. Both the proposition & Assumption are in verse 1. The conclusion in verse 2. The conclusion is illustrated by a comparison made betwixt the time past, and that which is to come; or betwixt that kind of life, which men are wont to lead before their calling, and that, which they should lead after they are called.