ORI 
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a 
cep es gon,” a term which fi 
guage, an eternal nature. 
were, t mu ach controverted among the Gael 
ond the mantons of light, ue dwells the Deity 
with hie lta offspring, there lies a rude and unwieldy 
mafs of matter, agitated by innate, tur ules and irregular 
motions. Que of the celettial natures defcending from the 
yan either by a fortuitous impulfe, or in confequence 
of a divine commiffion, reduced to ae this ppg mafs, 
adorned Ff with arich variety of gifts, created men, and in- 
ferior animals of different kinds to ftore it with inhabitants, 
and correéted its malignity by mi 
tion of light, and alfo of a matter celeftial and divine. This 
creator of the gi 1s diftinguifhed from the fupreme Deity 
by the name of demiurge. His chara¢ter is a compound of 
fhining ieee and nd infapportable arrogance 3 and his ex- 
ceffive luft o effaces a talents aud his virtues. 
ai orld he has formed, as his 
eae ae and, excluding Aotally the fupreme Deity 
om all concernment in it, he = from mankind for 
himflf and his SS divine hon 
a compound of a terreftrial on corrupt body, 
and a foul which 1 is OF a celeftial origin, and, in fome mea- 
This nobler part is 
bered by the body, 
peekial objeéts, and to the a eee purfuit of fenfual 
pleafures, we which _ ‘nite is totally pollute he fo- 
various means to deliver his offsprin 
iniftry of 
fends to enlighten, to mee 
Inthe mean _ the impe 
pao! of th 
folemn invitations, by whic 
» and labours to efface the knowledge 
minds of pen a beings. 
throwing off the yoke of the c 
world, rife to their akc ea and fubdue the turbulent 
and finful motions rrupt matter excites within 
them, fhall, at the foacion of their mortal bodies, afcend 
on the contrary, who re- 
the fupreme 
al! oppofition, - 
volve it ina general ru 
mitive teal fhall be rettored 1 an 
thall reign with happy fpirits, 1 in undifturbed felicity, inert 
the everlafting ages.”? Mofheim’s-Eccl, Hilt. vol.1. &c. 8vo, 
ry 
yes 
ORI 
After all it is not eafy to form any very confiftent and in- 
Soha notion of the'fentiments, either of the Oriental phi- 
ee the emanations fon Den, ay we have already 
mentioned, to be divided into two claffes; the one com- 
prehending all thofe fubftantial powers, which are contained 
within the divine eflence, and which sane the infinite 
plenitude of the divine nature 5 the other exifting externally 
with refpect to the divine eflence, and includi: g all finite 
and imper fee natures within the ip tas effence. ey, aa 
wonderful ingenuity, imagined a long feries of emanative 
rincl ae to which they afcribed a real and fubftan tal ex- 
eCted with the firft fubftance as a branch wit 
uiwvez, TONS $ ‘and thee “dite oneal aheut them with as much 
confidence and familiarity, as if they had been cbjects of 
fight. The notions which they entertained of thefe gous, 
like the Platonic notion of ideas, was that of beings which 
exilted diftin€tly and fubftantially. Within this feries they 
included the Demi 
g 
ideas = had 
fyttem dig Soa fubftantial virtues, or oe of tv 
ative and paflive ; — in their yak ad eablemsce! 
langage they {pea male and female eons. 
ORIFICE, Oumicrvs the mouth or cou of a tube, 
pipe, or wae ca 
There ene oto ns in chemiftry, where the orifices 
of the vel slay be _ hermetically. 
Or1 n Anatomy, is particularly applied to the 
iontha, of ie feveral ca. veffels, and other cavities; as 
of the bladder, uterus, ftomac 
The upper orifice of the flomach is the part where hun- 
ger is felt; the lower orifice is called the pylorus 
Oririce is alfo ufed by extenfion, for the aperture of a 
wound or ulcer. 
ORIGANUM, in Botany, an ancient name, borrowed 
from: the Greeks, ne formed of ogc, a mountain, and yavos, 
joy, in allufion to its place of growth and agreeable fragrance. 
Diotcorides has feveral fpecies o 
his pees which are 
eafily referrible to fome one or other of o Linn. Gen. 
297. Schreb. 393. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. oe. Mart. Mill. 
Dict. v. 3. Sm. FI. Brit 638. Prodr. Fl. Grec. Sibth. ve I. 
t. Hart. Kew. ed. 2. rs uff. Tourn. 
4. Laarck Illuftr. t. 511 lafs and order, Didynamia 
1.9. 
a Nat. Ord. Verticillate, 
n. Ch. Cal. a fpiked a qclucniai 
es coloured leaves ; pevanth 
Cor. 
a Labiata, Juff. 
ompofed of ovate, 
une ual, various. 
fighely divided. 
taining the feeds in its lower part. Seeds four, ovate 
ff. Ch. Cone quadrangular, foiked, with one leaf to 
each calyx. Upper lip of the corolla eret, flat; lower in 
three deep equal fegments. 
e involacrum rds the effential charaG&ter of 
affo 
this genus. The perianth is, in fome {pecies, nearly equal, 
of 
