THE SECOND LONDON CONFESSION The introduction to the confession—“To the Judicious and Impartial Reader”—manifests a deep reverence for Scripture as the Word of God. In addition to the above-mentioned desire that the teachings be “in consent with the holy scriptures,” the confession admonishes the reader to be like the noble Bereans, “who searched the scriptures daily.” Each reader was to investigate personally the biblical texts listed in the margin beside each article. The authors believed that