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Foolish Talking and Jesting Described and Condemned chinese parables and your visionsDaniel Burgess (1645 1713) was a popular Reformed, Presbyterian minister, and fiery preacher, in his day. In this very popular but needful work on foolish talking, Burgess begins with Ephesians 5: 4, Neither foolish talking nor jesting, which are not convenient. He explains what foolish talk is, and how it can be profane, hypocritical, rash, unsuitable, unseasonable, excessive and uncharitable. Then he explains that foolish jesting is profane,