The image of the earthy now

The image of the earthy now,
The death we in our bodies bear,
And daily on his cross we bow,
The kingdom of our Lord to share;
The image of the heavenly Man
Our bodies, spiritual as his,
In that sabbatic day shall gain,
With fulness of immortal bliss.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘His raiment became shining &c.’—[Mark 9,] v. 3.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” 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 1977/574, 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 21.
Publishing: Public Domain