Adam descended from above, thou only canst

Verse 1
Adam descended from above,
Thou only canst that Spirit impart,
That Principle of heavenly love
Regenerate in the sinful heart:
O might He now from Thee proceed,
Fountain of life and purity,
Implant the nature of our Head,
And work the mighty change in me!

Verse 2
The seed infus’d, the good desire,
Into a tree immortal raise,
With all thy sanctity inspire,
With all thy plenitude of grace;
Spotless, and spiritual, and good
My heart and life shall then be thine,
And in my Lord’s similitude
Renew’d, I shall forever shine.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.’—[John 3,] v. 7." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 341.
Publishing: Public Domain