Doubt II: Whether the gift of understanding can coexist with faith

I ASSERT. It is proved from St. Thomas here, and St. Bonaventure de 7. donis, cap. 7. by that of Luke at the end: He opened their sense, that they might understand the Scriptures. I shall prove the same in the following doubt.

It is PROVED from St. Bonaventure loc. cit. by the discourse of the Lincolnian upon the beginning of the Mystical Theology, which he uses as St. Thomas does, because the gift of Understanding raises [the mind] to the senses of the Scriptures, and the understanding of the Mysteries, in a manner proportioned to the way; yet where God does not seem to be [seen] without Symbols, even in the anagogic senses, not to mention the literal, allegorical, and moral; for he still enters with Moses into the cloud, as is said Exodus 24.

THEN he proves it, because this gift raises the mind as much as is necessary for merit; Therefore it is said Luke 10. Moreover one thing is necessary; and accordingly, as much as it does not detract from faith in the way, it raises the mind, as necessary for the ordinary mode of merit.

Which doctrine of St. Thomas solves the objections of those striving [to prove] that the gift of understanding, as clearly showing the object of faith, is repugnant to be shown.