 The will does not postpone what it intends except because some cause (intentio) exists in the willed thing that did not exist at the time of [the action of] willing and if [that cause] was not there, that which is willed must be together with the will. If we would assume that there is a will in which the delay of the willed is possible, this would occur because something exists that did not exist before, i.e., because some cause, or disposition, was absent. There would be neither time nor anything because we affirmed that this will is the first motion, and it is obvious that this willed object must be together with the will. Therefore if we would affirm that the will is eternal, the willed would be eternal. (LC 349LM)