Jesus, thou our Rabbi art

Jesus, thou our Rabbi art,
Thy sayings we receive
With docility of heart,
And joyfully believe;
Thee, the Son of God confess,
Co-equal with thy Father own,
Israel’s King, thy sway we bless,
And hail thee on thy throne.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.’—[John 1,] v. 49." 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 217-18.
Publishing: Public Domain