He wrote, besides his Paraphrases and works against Popery, a number of practical and devout books; amongst them the _Parable of the Pilgrim_, which might be read with more satisfaction, did it not provoke humiliating comparisons with Bunyan’s Allegory. The reputation Patrick enjoyed in his own day for devout composition, suffers greatly when, in the light of modern taste and criticism, we examine the forms which he prepared for the revised Prayer Book, contemplated in 1680; but I know of nothing to invalidate the manner in which his conduct as a Bishop is eulogized. He early appeared as a champion of the Church of England against Dissent, by publishing what he called a _Friendly Debate_,--in point of fact, a most unfriendly production, full of virulent attacks upon those who separated from the established communion, and even advocating coercion in the service of Uniformity.[370] The book appeared anonymously in 1668; fifteen years afterwards, notwithstanding the damaging circumstance that it had been condemned by Matthew Hale, and praised by Gilbert Sheldon and Samuel Parker, the author stated his continued opinion that the discourse was “useful and reasonable.”[371] It may be hoped Patrick repented of what he had done, for he expressed in the House of Lords “regret for the warmth with which he had written against the Dissenters in his younger years;” and Wharton said of him, “After he was made a Bishop, he lost his reputation through imprudent management, openly favouring the Dissenters, and employing none but such, whereupon he lost the love of the gentry.”[372] However, there is evidence, that towards the Baptist denomination, at least, he continued to manifest a most unfriendly spirit. After the Revolution, he expressed concern at finding so little of unity and concord, when it was natural to expect they would have been the result of that deliverance. He seems to have become weary of the world before he left it, and cried out with the Psalmist, “O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest.” Stillingfleet wrote his _Irenicum_ in 1660, and twenty years after the _Mischief of Separation_. Patrick advocated intolerance in 1683; and twenty years afterwards, though still retaining some of the old leaven, uttered words of charity and healing. [Sidenote: BISHOPS.]