#charnock

Satan paints God with [Satan’s] own colors.

"He is the true Father, that hath a quicker pace in meeting, than the prodigal hath in returning;"

Power is his hand, omniscience his eye, mercy his heart, eternity his duration, but holiness his beauty. It renders him lovely and gives beauty to all his attributes. Every action of his is free from all hints of evil. Holiness is the crown of all his attributes, the life of all his decrees, and the brightness of all his actions. Nothing is decreed by him and nothing is acted by him that is not consistent with the beauty of his holiness.

The notion of God cannot be entertained without separating from Him whatever is impure and staining. Though He is majestic, eternal, almighty, wise, immutable, merciful, and whatsoever other perfections may dignify so sovereign a being—yet if we conceive Him destitute of this excellent perfection, and imagine Him possessed with the least contagion of evil, we make Him to be an infinite monster, and sully all of His perfections.