the good things he planned for us long ago.”[30] Peter, likewise, exhorts the church to practice tov—to “silence the ignorant talk of foolish people,” even in the face of fear and suffering.[31] “Those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.”[32] Peter also says that we are to “submit [ourselves] for the Lord’s sake to every human authority” whose purpose is “to commend those who do right.”[33] As we mentioned above, we Protestants