 “The Discourse on the Trinity” claims that there is no distinction between substance and act in the divine essence because God’s essence is both “wholly substance and wholly act” (Edwards 1957, vol. 21, 116). And “The Mind” no. 45 identifies being with consciousness. “Perceiving being only is properly being” (Edwards 1957–, vol. 6, 363). Although Edwards never systematically developed or integrated these scattered observations, their drift is toward the identification of being with mind in act, and of degree of being with degree of mind or consciousness and the comparative perfection of the activity in which it is engaged. God's consciousness and power are unlimited, and his activity is perfect. His being is therefore unlimited.