Cap. V Obj. 7 Sol: Biel — end loved before means; faith gift prepared with life destinated
Biel is right: the end is loved before the means loved for the end's sake — love of the end is in some way cause of loving all that is unto the end. Since faith is God's gift bringing eternal life to the believer, who would dare say that gift was prepared and given to Peter or Paul while eternal life was not yet destinated to them? As if God had not destinated the benefit arising from his gift to the one he willed to enrich with that gift before others.
Latin
Recte enim Biel, Prius diligitur finis quam medium, quod propter finem diligitur: quia dilectio finis est aliquo modo causa dilectionis eorum omnium quae sunt ad finem. Cum enim fides sit donum Dei, vitam aeternam credenti apportans, quis audeat dicere hoc donum fuisse Petro aut Paulo praeparatum et donatum, vita aeterna nondum illis destinata? quasi Deus beneficium, quod ex suo dono orietur, non destinaverit ei, quem eodem dono prae aliis voluerit locupletare.