The Life and Death of Mr. Badman

Wise. Right, he is the Father of it indeed. A Lie is begot by the ⟨p. 15⟩Devil, as the Father, and is brought forth by the wicked heart, as the Mother: wherefore another Scripture also saith,¹ Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lye, &c. Yea, he calleth the heart that is big with a lye, an heart that hath Conceived, that is, by the Devil. Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart, thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. True, his lye was a lye of the highest nature, but every lye hath the ^*same Father and Mother is had the lie last spoken of. For he is a liar, and the Father of it. A lie then is the Brat of Hell, and it cannot ^†be in the heart before the person has committed a kind of spiritual Adultery with the Devil. That Soul therefore that telleth a known lie, has lien with, and conceived it by lying with the Devil, the only Father of lies. For a lie has only one Father and Mother, the Devil and the Heart. No marvel therefore if the hearts that hatch and bring forth Lies, be so much of complexion with the Devil. Yea, no marvel though God and Christ have so bent their Word against ⟨p. 16⟩liars: a liar is wedded to the Devil himself.

Wise. Right, he is the Father of it indeed. A Lie is begot by the ⟨p. 15⟩Devil, as the Father, and is brought forth by the wicked heart, as the Mother: wherefore another Scripture also saith,¹ Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lye, &c. Yea, he calleth the heart that is big with a lye, an heart that hath Conceived, that is, by the Devil. Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart, thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. True, his lye was a lye of the highest nature, but every lye hath the ^*