People do take that scripture seriously, but they also understand that it is a metaphor, so no, they don't literally do so and never have.
The way I learned it in English class, is that the Puritans would go to church every Sunday and be preached sermons called hellfire and brimstone, these were intended to make God out to be a monster that was only out to kill people unless they believed in him. The Puritans took this very seriously so they honored God to avoid bad things from happening to either them or their loved ones.
"Take it to heart" is a term used to describe when someone takes something very seriously. In other words, so seriously, they feel it in their heart.
I know old men that don't even take things seriously. Different people, different personalities. But why take life seiously? That's SOO boring [;
There was so many Puritans that were persecuted.
So when you go out into the real world, you'll actually know what to do.
Don't take life so seriously, no one gets out of it alive.
Don’t take it so seriously
because different people have different tastes in people and music. people take her seriously cause they either think shes a rock star, or a hottie
Do not take yourself so seriously, and laugh at the outragiousness of the inconsistencies, and ignorance in the world.. people are crazy! Do not take others so seriously either.. they often only mean what they say in the moment, or before they have more information or more maturity..
because the puritans wanted riligous freedom
because the puritans wanted riligous freedom