Matthew Poole and continuators on John 1:3

3 All things were made by him ; and without him was not any thing made that was made .

The Divine Nature, and Eternal existence of the Lord Christ, is evident from his efficiency in the Creation of the World; what the Evangelist here calleth All things, the Apostle to the Hebrews, chap. 1.2. calleth the Worlds. And St. Paul, Col. 1.16. calleth all things that are in heaven and earth, visible and invisible. Moses calls the heavens and the earth, Gen. 1.1. These were all made by the Word; no[illegible: 1 letter] as an Instrumental cause, but as a principal efficient cause; for tho' it be true, that the Preposition [non-Latin text not transcribed], is sometimes used to signify an instrumental cause; yet it is as true, that it is often used to signify the principal efficient cause; as Ioh. 6.57. Rom. 5.5. and 11.36. Eph. 4.6. Acts 3.16. and in many other Texts; it here only denoteth the order of the working of the Holy Trinity.

Nothing that was made, neither the Heavens nor the Earth, neither things visible nor invisible, that were made, were made without him. There is nothing more ordinary in Holy W[illegible: 1 letter]it, than after the laying down an Universal Proposition, (where no Synecdoche i[illegible: 1 letter] used), to add also an Universal Negative for the confirmation of it: So Rom. 3.12. There is none good; then is added, no not one. Lam. 2.2. and in many other Texts. The term without him, doth not exclude the efficiency either of the First or Third Person in the Trinity, in the Creation of all things; the Father created the World by the Son, His Word; and the Creation of the World is attributed to the Spirit, Gen. 1.1. Iob 33.4. Psal. 33.6.

Marginal references: Rev. 4.11.