Yes; ye all may comprehend

Verse 1
Yes; ye all may comprehend
This doctrine strange yet true:
God did from his throne descend,
And tasted death for you:
Conqueror of the grave, He rose,
To prove a sinful world forgiven,
Pardon purchas’d for his foes,
And purity, and heaven.

Verse 2
This the doctrine new receive
By our first father known:
In the second Man believe,
And live thro’ faith alone:
Life the glorious gospel brings,
Thro’ that atoning blood applied,
Lifts you into priests and kings,
And seats you by his side.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?’—[Acts 17,] v. 19." This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 337.
Publishing: Public Domain