God” (Acts 2:23); “For to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel determined before to be done” (Acts 4:28). (4) It uses the phrase the counsel of His will and His pleasure. “My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure” (Isa. 46:10); “who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” (Eph. 1:11). (5) It uses the word purpose. “Who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28); “Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which he hath
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