[19:4] Position of the Apostles exceptional. [19:5] Why Christian States, unlike the Hebrew, suffer from disputes between the civil and ecclesiastical powers. [19:6] Absolute power in things spiritual of modern rulers. [20:0] CHAPTER XX - That in a Free State every man may Think what he Likes, and Say what he Thinks. [20:1] The mind not subject to State authority. [20:2] Therefore in general language should not be. [20:3] A man who disapproving of a law, submits his adverse opinion to the judgment of the authorities, while acting in accordance with the law, deserves well of the State. [20:4] That liberty of opinion is beneficial, shown from the history of Amsterdam. [20:5] Danger to the State of withholding it. - Submission of the Author to the judgment of his country's rulers. [Author's Endnotes] to the Treatise. [16:0] CHAPTER XVI - OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF A STATE; OF THE NATURAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS; AND OF THE RIGHTS OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER. (1) Hitherto our care has been to separate philosophy from theology, and to show the freedom of thought which such separation insures to both. (2) It is now time to determine the limits to which such freedom of thought and discussion may extend itself in the ideal state. (3) For the due consideration of this question we must examine the foundations of a State, first turning our attention to the natural rights of individuals, and afterwards to religion and the state as a whole.