He that hath seen the’ Incarnate Son

Verse 1
He that hath seen th’ Incarnate Son,
All which of Christ was visible,
Hath seen the Father too, and known
(What flesh and blood could not reveal)
Jehovah is in Jesus’ name,
With God substantially the same.

Verse 2
He hath beheld the person join’d
To God invisible, supreme,
He doth the Father’s nature find
The plenitude divine in him,
Who hath to all his followers shown
‘I and my Father are but one.’

Verse 3
Jesus, thou Son of the Most High,
To me, ev’n me vouchsafe the grace
To see by faith’s internal eye,
Jehovah shining in thy face:
Explain the mystery to my heart,
And bid me then in peace depart.

Verse 4
So when thou dost with clouds appear
In all thy dazling majesty,
These eyes of flesh shall see thee here,
Without a veil the Godhead see,
My forehead shall thy name receive,
And glorious I for ever live.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “'No man hath SEEN GOD at any time.'—John i. 18. 'Philip saith unto him, Lord SHEW US THE FATHER ... hast thou not SEEN ME, Philip? He that hath seen ME hath seen THE FATHER.'—Ibid., xiv. 8, 9.” Introduced in Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Trinity (Bristol: William Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 233.
Publishing: Public Domain