John Trapp on John 1:16

Verſe 16. Of his fulneſſe.] Which is both repletive, and diffuſive; not only of plenty, but of bounty: not a fulneſſe of abundance only, D. Preſton. but of redundance too. In Chriſtians is plenitudo vaſis; but in Chriſt, Fontis: theſe differ (ſay the Schoolmen) ut ignis, et ignita. Take a drop from the Ocean, and it is ſo much the leſſe; but the fulneſſe of the fire is ſuch, that light a thouſand torches at it, it is not diminiſhed.

And grace for grace.] That is (ſay ſome) the grace of the new Peſtament, for the grace of the old. And ſo in the next verſe, Grace ſhall anſwer to the morall Law, Truth to the Ceremoniall. Or, Beza. D. Preſton. (as others) Grace for grace; that is, a latitude anſwerable to all the Commandements, a perfection anſwerable to Chriſts owne perfection. As the father gives his childe limme for limme, part for part, &c. ſo doth this Father of Eternity (Iſa. 9 6.) There are that render it, Gratiam novâ gratiâ cumulata[illegible: 1 letter]. Paſor. Grace againſt grace, as in a glaſſe as face againſt face, See 2 Cor. 3.18. Or Grace upon grace, that is, one grace after another, a daily increaſe of graces.