HEATH (Thomas), an alderman of Exeter, and father of John Heath, Esq; one of the judges of the Common pleas, was author of An Essay towards a new English Version of the Book of Job from the original Hebrew, with some account of his Life, 1755, 8vo.—His brother Benjamin, a lawyer of eminence, and town clerk of Exeter, was likewise an author; and wrote, 1. An Essay towards a demonstrative Proof of the Divine Existence, Unity, and Attributes; to which is premised, A short Defence of the Argument commonly called a priori, 1740. 2. The Case of the County of Devon with respect to the Consequences of the New Excise Duty on Cyder and Perry. Published by the direction of the Committee appointed at a General Meeting of that County to superintend the Application for the Repeal of that Duty, 1763, 4to. 3. Nota five Lectiones ad Tragicorum Graecorum veterum, Æschyli, &c. 1752, 4to; a work which places the author's learning and critical skill in a very conspicuous light. The same solidity of judgment apparent in the preceding, distinguished the author's last production. 4. A Revival of Shakespeare's Text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics are particularly considered, 1765, 8vo.