All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar. . . always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.
When God is our Holy Father, sovereignty, holiness, omniscience, and immutability do not terrify us; they leave us full of awe and gratitude. Sovereignty is only tyrannical if it is unbounded by goodness; holiness is only terrifying if it is untempered by grace; omniscience is only taunting if it is unaccompanied by mercy; and immutability is only torturous if there is no guarantee of goodwill.
The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.
For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.