TCR 57 - God is Good Itself

TCR 57
God is omnipotent, because He can do everything of Himself,
and all others derive their power to act from Him.
Being able and willing are for Him one,
and since He does not will anything but good,
He cannot therefore do anything but good.

Moreover, God is Good itself,
so that when He does good He acts within Himself,
and He cannot step out of Himself.
From this it is plain that His omnipotence progresses and works
within the sphere of action of good,
and this is infinite.

[2] From these facts it can be established
that the Divine omnipotence can in no wise depart from itself
so as to make contact with any evil, nor promote it from itself,
for evil turns itself away.
This is how it comes about
that evil is totally separated from God and cast into hell;
and between hell and heaven, where He is, yawns a gaping chasm.
These few considerations can reveal the madness of those who think,
even more believe, more still teach,
that God can damn anyone, curse him, cast him into hell,
predestine his soul to eternal death, avenge injuries,
be angry or punish anyone.
He is not even able to turn His face away from a person and frown upon him.
These and any actions of this kind would be contrary to His essence,
and what is contrary to that is contrary to Himself.