Lamentations 3:21-24


“This is the true and genuine character of God; He is good, He is goodness, good in Himself, good in His essence, good in the highest degree, possessing whatsoever is comely, excellent, desirable; the highest good, because first good: whatsoever is perfect goodness, is God; whatsoever is truly goodness in any creature, is a resemblance of God.”


-Stephen Charnock


 

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