For their relief he contributed out of his own purse two thousand pounds, and authorized a general collection throughout England, which reached a large sum; but besides money, he set apart a day of humiliation and prayer for them.
Sumner illustrates Cromwell's personal and communal efforts to aid persecuted individuals through financial and spiritual means.
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