John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 8:11

Verſ. 11. Becauſe ſentence againſt an evil work, &c.] Ennarrata ſententia, a publiſhed and declared ſentence. So that it is only a reprieve of mercy, that a wicked man hath: his preſervation is but a reſervation to further evil, abuſed mercy turning into fury.Hieron. in Ierem. Aeripedes dictae ſunt Furia. Aries quo altius erigitur, hoc figit fortius. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. De utroque Dionyſio. Val. l. 1. cap. 2. Bucholc. Morae diſpendium fauoris duplo penſatur, ſaith Hierom, Gods forbearance is no quittance: he will finde a time to pay wicked men for the new and the old. The Lord is not ſlow, as ſome men count ſlowneſſe, 2 Pet. 3.9. Or if he be ſlow, yet he is ſure. Hee hath leaden heels, but iron hands, the farther he fetcheth his blow, or draweth his arrow, the deeper hee will wound when hee hitteth. Gods Mill may grind ſoft and ſlow, but it grindes ſure and ſmall, ſaid one Heathen. Tarditatem ſupplicii gravitate compenſat, he recompenſeth the delay of puniſhment with an eternity of extreamity, ſaith another. He hath vials of vengeance, Rev. 16.1. which are large veſſels, but narrow mouthed: they pour out ſlowly, but drench deeply, and diſtill effectually. Caveto igitur, ſaith one, ne malum dilatum fiat suplicatum. Get quickly out of Gods debt, leſt yee be forced to pay the charges of a ſute, to your pain, to your coſt. Patientia Dei quo diuturnior, eo minacior. God will not alwayes ſerve men for a ſinning-ſtock, Poena venit gravior quo mage ſera venit. Adonijah's feaſt ended in horrour: Ever, after the meal is ended, comes the reckoning.

Therefore the heart of the ſons of men is fully ſet] Heb. is full: So full of wickedneſſe, that there is no room for the fear of Gods wrath, till wrath come upon them to the utmoſt. Intus exiſtens prohibet alienum. God offers and affords them heart-knocking time, Rev. 3.20. but they ram up their hearts, dry their tears (as Saul) and are ſcalded in their own greaſe, ſtewed in their own broath. The ſleeping of vengeance cauſeth the over-flowing of ſin: and the over-flow of ſin cauſeth the awakning of vengeance.