For those of you who appreciate simile in their reading once in a while I give you this bold attempt:

We are told in the Bible, “the Devil is the father of lies, and was a liar from the beginning”; so that beyond contradiction, the invention is old: And which is more, his first essay of it was purely political, employed in undermining the authority of his Prince, and seducing a third part of the subjects from their obedience.… Read more