Hail, Filial Deity

Verse 1
Hail, Filial Deity,
Our hearts bow down to Thee,
Numbred with the sinful race,
Partner of our flesh and blood,
Thee we magnify and praise,
Son of Adam, and of God.

Verse 2
Offspring of God and man,
Thou dost our cause maintain,
Power omnipotent, divine,
Mixt with soft infirmity,
Greatness and compassion join,
God and man, to ransom me!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Which was the Son of Adam, which was the Son of God.'—[Luke 3,] v. 38.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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 130.
Publishing: Public Domain