be to those that stood by, a wonder. Nay, and this he would doe
when under the rod of correction which is appointed by God for
Parents to use, that thereby they might keep their Children from
Hell. {22b}

Atten. Truly it was, as I said, a bad beginning, he served the
Devil betimes; yea he became a Nurse to one of his {22c} Brats, for
a spirit of Lying is the Devils Brat, {22d} for he is a Liar and
the Father of it.

Wise. Right, he is the Father of it indeed. A Lie is begot by the
Devil, as the Father, and is brought forth by the wicked heart, as
the Mother: wherefore another Scripture also saith, Why hath Satan
filled thy heart to lye, {22e} &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 {22f} same Father and Mother
as had the lie last spoken of. For he is a lier, and the Father of
it. A lie then is the Brat of Hell, and it cannot {23a} 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 lyers: a lyer is weded to the Devil himself.

Atten. It seems a marvellous thing in mine eyes, that since a lye