Vortius William Henry,  or (Vorts), was the son of Conrad Vorstius, (vide Art. 151,) and Pastor of a Church of Remonstrants at Warmond. He is incidentally mentioned by Bock, (Hist. Ant. T. I. p. 1003,) who promises a fuller account of him and his father, in his contemplated "History of Dutch Socinianism." Sandius includes him in his list of Antitrinitarian authors; but enters into no particulars of his personal history. He devoted his attention chiefly to the study of the Hebrew and Chaldee languages, as the following enumeration of his works will testify.

1. A Dissertation on the Word of God, [de Verbo vel Sermone Dei,] of which very frequent Mention is made in the Chaldee Paraphrasts, Jonathan and Onkelos, and the Jerusalem Targum. Irenopolis, 1643, 8vo. In this Dissertation, which extends over 63 pages, the author labours to shew, that the ancient Jews did not believe in the eternal divinity of their Messiah, although he admits that they supposed him to have had his beginning before this world. He also endeavours to prove, that the meaning of the word , in the Proem of John's Gospel, is not that which the orthodox deduce from the Targumists; and with this view explains, on Unitarian principles, various expressions in the Old Testament, which are usually alleged in proof of the doctrine of the Trinity. A Dutch translation of this Dissertation appeared in 1649, 4to.

2. Maimonides " On the Foundations of the Law," translated and illustrated with Notes. Amst., 1638, 4to.

3. The Chronology, Sacred and Profane, of Rabbi David Ganz; and the Pirke of Rabbi Elieser. Leyden, 1644, 4to.

4. Bayle was of opinion, that a work, entitled, "Bilibra

Veritatis," printed in the year 1700, was written by W. H. Vorstius.

(Vidend. Sandii B. A. p. 143. Bayle, Diet. Hist, et Crit . Art. (Guillaume H.) Vobstius. Bock, Hist. Ant. T. I. pp. 796, 797, et l. c. Wolfii Bibl. Hebr. Vol. I. pp. 173. 294. 840.)

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