# “Preach first to thyself” by John Owen

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"A man who preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in
his own soul. And he that doth not feed on and thrive in the digestion of the food
which he provides for others will scarce make it savoury unto them; yea, he knows
not but the food he hath provided may be bad poison, unless he have really tasted
of it himself. If the word do not dwell with power _in_ us, it will not pass with
power _from _us."

–John Owen, _The Works of John Owen_, ed. William Goold, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth,
1965), vol. XVI, p. 76.

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