“…but every lyar
Must have his portion in the lake
That burns with brimstone and with fire.”

—  Isaac Watts

Song 15: "Against Lying".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

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English hymnwriter, theologian and logician 1674–1748

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