God has ordained the means as well as the ends (Pieter van Mastricht)

[Reformed Covenanter]

For although God does not depend upon causes and reasons from elsewhere, yet he always has his own reasons for his own counsels, he connects the means with his own ends, and he takes care to choose means analogous to his own ends.

Pieter van Mastricht, Theoretical-Practical Theology. Volume 3: The Works of God and the Fall of Man, trans. Todd M. Rester, eds Joel R. Beeke and Michael T. Spangler (1682; Grand Rapids MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2021), Book 3.2.20.