Calvin saw him the same way:
If it be objected, that God is everywhere called “a Father,” and that this title is more appropriate to him, I reply, that no figures of speech can describe God’s extraordinary affection towards us; for it is infinite and various; so that, if all that can be said or imagined about love were brought together into one, yet it would be surpassed by the greatness of the love of God. By no metaphor, therefore, can his incomparable goodness be described.- John Calvin
Sorry, that is so out of square with TULIP.
Again, it's nice if someone can hold both in their mind, but the system disagrees.