Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 8:11 Go To Ecclesiastes 8
John Cassian
AD 435
It is clear, then, that no one can be deceived by the devil except the person who has chosen to offer him the assent of his will. Ecclesiastes has expressed this plainly in these words: “Because those who do evil are not quickly opposed, therefore the heart of the children of men is full within them, so that they may do evil.” Hence it is evident that a person transgresses because, when wicked thoughts attack him, he does not at once resist and oppose them. .
