Desire to join with us in greeting thee,
As one who brings great knowledge here with him.
Felix Balde (to Thomasius):
The mystic art which heretofore aspired
Through inward contemplation toward the light,
Will through thine act be able now to work
Through knowledge gained within the world of sense.
Strader (to Thomasius):
Those souls who after spirit-knowledge strive
While life still unto matter binds them fast,