1 Kings 17:16 [And] the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
Ver. 16. And the barrel of meal wasted not.] There is nothing lost by bounty to God's prophets: yea, it is ars omnium quaestuossima, the most gainful of all arts or trades. a There is in Spain, they say, a great mountain of salt, de quo quantum demas, tanturn accrescit; from which take never so much, it grows out as much again.
a Chrysost.