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?1495 R. Fitzjames Sermo Die Lune in Ebdomada Pasche (de Worde) sig. bij^v Expedyent it is therfore, y^t man erre not from his ende, naturally, or supernaturally intendyd.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 94 All þat we haue outwarde or inwarde, naturely or supernaturaly, all are þi benefetes.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) ii. f. l^v The .vij. gyftes of the holy goost, directeth man supernaturally.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. i. sig. Bbbb.v/2 Iohn Gerson..hath defined Ecclesiasticall authoritie to be a power supernaturally and spiritually giuen of the Lord to his disciples.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xii. §6. 180 It is a common doctrine, That faith and holinesse are not acquired by..naturall reason, but are..supernaturally infused.

a1671 M. Casaubon Treat. Spirits (1672) ii. 133 Many things happen supernaturally, which are above the sphere and activity of the believed.

1701 J. Edwards Free Disc. conc. Truth & Error 76 They were all in the dark as to these Profound Points: and the reason was because they were not Supernaturally Enlightened.

a1768 T. Secker Lect. Catech. (1769) I. xv. 235 God..may..subject us to any Difficulties that he pleases, provided he bestows on us, whether naturally or supernaturally, the Power of going through them.

1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §6. 22 In no case have we any proof..of Truth having been as supernaturally conveyed by any men to their fellows as it has been conveyed by the Spirit of God to themselves.

1883 Times 6 Aug. 8/3 Matthew of Westminster..seems to hint that Lady Godiva was supernaturally shrouded from mortal eyes.

1947 M. E. Boylan This Tremendous Lover (new ed.) vi. 60 The only way one can know God supernaturally is by faith.

1954 Classical Q. 4 214 The Latins have been supernaturally warned to expect the coming of a man of destiny and..the Trojans are supernaturally assured that they have reached the land to which destiny has been calling them.

1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) i. 228 A high school closed down when the entire student body started experiencing supernaturally induced hallucinations.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vi. f. 88^v All these are couered ouer, and clothed with Cuticula, Cutis, and Carnea, without fatnes altogether: which here or motion sake is wantyng, lest supernaturally therewith encreasing, it might be greuous to the matrice.

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **4 Sir Ihon Cheeke, a man of men, supernaturally traded in al tongues.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D3^v Ile gul him supernaturally.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. f. 28^v/1 The bloode which supernaturallye hath issued out of any parte..as in those which spitt bloode, or bleede much out of the nose.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iv. sig. E2^v You neuer skind a new [perh. = anew] beauty more prosperously in your life, nor more supernaturally [1616 metaphysically].

1693 Oxford-act ii. 12 Expect not I shou'd make Relation Of every Poem and Oration; The Ladies heard, (them I'll not flatter, or lie,) And Edified most supernaturally.

a1796 J. Maclaurin Wks. (1798) I. 172 Th' enthusiast nation, right or wrong, Is supernaturally strong.

1853 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) viii. 297 So dreadfully amiable and supernaturally benevolent.

1886 Peterson's Mag. Aug. 156/1 Hurst lifted his eyes, supernaturally large from illness, to the face of his friend.

1910 ‘O. Henry’ Whirligigs 255 They were lazily discussing summer opera, it being their habit..to appear supernaturally indifferent whenever they stood with large interests imperilled.

1937 W. Uhde Impressionists i. 13 The supernaturally beautiful grey of the dress worn by the seated woman.

1999 Mail on Sunday 26 Sept. 23/5 He's supernaturally charming and has a brilliant understanding of the Press.