"The life of religion, and the welfare and glory of both the Church and the State, depend much on family government and duty... What are we like[ly] to do ourselves [ministers] to the reforming of a congregation, if all the work be cast on us alone; and masters of families neglect that necessary duty of their own.... You are not like[ly] to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation."
Specifically, Baxter asks (1) if household heads are praying and reading Scripture with their families, (2) what books the family has to read, and (3) how families are spending the Lord's Day (he suggests going over the Catechism and talking about the sermon from church).
The Reformed Pastor - pgs 100, 102
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