one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth" (Job 23:13). God does not only have the ability and power to accomplish his will, but He actually does what He wills: "he doeth [not merely, "he can do"] according to his will" (Dan. 4:35). "Our God is in the heavens: he hath done (not, simply, "he is able to do") whatsoever he hath pleased" (Ps. 115:3). "Whatever the LORD pleased, that did he [not, "that he could do"] in heaven, and in earth, in the seas and in all deep places" (Ps. 135:6). "My counsel shall stand and I shall do all (not "some of") my pleasure" (Isa. 46:10). Finally, "he worketh [not merely "is able to work if he so chooses"] all things after the counsel of his own will" (Eph. 1:11). Amyraut, who was bound to the creeds, ought to have known better. The Canons state that "the Scripture declares the good pleasure, purpose and counsel of the divine will to be one " (Head I, Article 8, italics mine). We, however, with greater reverence and sobriety, say 'that God always wills the same thing; and that this is the very praise of His immutability.' Whatever He decrees, therefore, He effects; and this is in Divine consistency with His omnipotence. And the will of God, being thus inseparably united with His power, constitutes an exalted harmony of His attributes. 42 If God's word criticizes the double minded man (James 1:8) what