John Trapp on John 1:4

Verſe 4. In him was life.] As he created, ſo he quickneth and conſerveth all, being the Prince and principle of life, Eſt Deus in nobis, agitante caleſcimus illo. Acts 3.15. both of naturall life, Acts 17.28. (The Heathen could ſay as much) and of ſpirituall, 1 Iohn 5.12. Hence his members are called heirs of the grace of life, 1 Pet. 3.7. and all others are ſaid to be dead in treſpaſſes and ſins, Epheſ. 2.1. living carcaſes, walking ſepulchres of themſelves. In moſt families (as in Egypt, Exod. 12.30.) there is not one, but many dead corpſes, Epheſ. 4.18. as being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them.