!'Thoughts on Configurations and Cry fiats . 49 
Wherewith the Author of Nature has en¬ 
dued the original Particles of Matter 5 though 
we cannot underhand the mechanical Ope¬ 
ration of thefe Properties, or know really 
what they are or can perform; we fhould 
raife our Contemplations and Adoration to 
that Eternal, Omnipotent, Supreme Firft 
Caufe* who is incompreheniible in all his 
Works : and here, perhaps, here only, our 
Ignorance may commendably become the 
Mother of our Devotion. 
In fhort, if the Cryhals of falilie Sub- 
fiances are wonderful, their Configurations 
are infinitely more fo i their Variety and 
Beauty no Words or Language can poffibly 
fexprefs j and trying to give the Pictures of 
them is like endeavouring to paint the Luf- 
tre of a Diamond, or the Brightnefs of the 
Sun-fliine. 
It happens in fome Kinds of Solutions; 
that after the Cryflals are formed, the Con¬ 
figurations perfected* and when every thing 
feems over* and all is quiet, other new Con¬ 
figurations, and Cryfcals too, prefent them- 
Felves* in Figures very different from the 
former, and what probably are owing to 
Salt of another Kind that was latent in the 
Mixture. 
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