Explanation, Please!

The following are extractions from the ‘Form of Ordination of the Ministers of God’s Word” “.. What this holy office enjoins . . . . . . “First, that they faithfully explain to the flock the word of the Lord, revealed by the writings of the prophets and apostles; and apply the same as well in general as in particular, to the edification of the hearers, instructing, admonishing, comforting and reproving, according to everyone’s need . . .” To which the candidate for the ministry of the Word...