Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Ver. 13. How I hid a hundred men of the Lord's prophets.] So did Hulderic Hutten, Silvester de Schavenburg, and Franciscus a Sickingen, noble gentlemen of Germany, hide and feed Oecolampadins, Bucer, Luther, and other godly divines in those worst of times, when the Pope was in his greatest power. a Of Dr Chatterton b it is recorded, that if he heard of any godly minister that was in want, he would send them forty or fifty shillings at a time.
a Melch. Adam., in Vit. Schwebel.
b His Life by Mr Clark.