John Trapp on John 1:5

Verſe. 5. And the light ſhineth,] The light both of nature, and of Scripture. The former is but a dim halfe-light, a ruſh candle, that will light a man but into utter darkneſſe. The later is a clear thorow-light: The Commandement is a lamp, et lex, lux, and the Law is light, Prov. 6.23. As for the Goſpel, it is ſet up as a Beaconon an hill, Tit. 2.11. or as the Sun in the firmament, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Luke 1.78, 79. bringing life and immortality to light, 2 Tim. 1.10. Where God by his holy Spirit illightneth, Organ, and Object, Acts 26.18. and ſhineth on the heart, in the face of Jeſus Chriſt, 2 Cor. 4.6.

And the darkneſſe comprehendeth it not.] Nor will be comprehended by it, Phil. 3.12. but repels it, rebels againſt it, Job 24.13. impriſons it, as thoſe wizards did, Rom. 1.18. ſpurns at it (as Balaam the devils ſpelman did, Numb. 24.1, 2, when he ſet his face toward the wilderneſſe, and reſolved to curſe howſoever;) Herodat. Iob. 24.17. execrates it, as the Ethiopians doe the riſing Sun. The morning is to ſuch as the ſhadow of death; for, being born in Hell, they ſeek no other Heaven.