"A believer may at some time be drawn low, but he can never be drawn dry... his comforts may be like the widow's oil in the cruse, where only a little remains (1 Kings 17:12)... The Lord did put forth His power, though not in making the oil and meal to overflow... but in keeping it from wasting so as to be a constant supply unto her and the prophet's necessities in the extreme of famine."
- William Spurstowe (1605-1666) was an English puritan and Westminster Divine. He was part of a group of 5 presbyterians that wrote against prelacy under the name of Smectymnuus (being an acronym made up of the initials of their names, WS, or UUS, being the last part of the word). After being kicked out of his pulpit in 1662 for non-conformity, he would be instrumental in the building of 6 almshouses before his death, knowing intimately what poverty was.
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