Ralph Erskine (The Vanity of Earthly Things, etc.), Sermons 1:247:
God alone being the centre of the soul, the creature can never give rest to the soul; the soul is still in disquiet till it come to a God in Christ, which is the true rest. “Return to thy rest, O my soul,” Ps. 116:7. The covetous man, if he has riches, will say, “Return to thy rest, O my soul: Soul, thou hast goods laid up for many years.” But he was mistaken of his centre, for he had no rest at all: he was disinherited that night and sent out of the world. No quarters for the soul in the creature; there is no suitableness to the soul in the creature. Why? The soul is a spirit; the creature is a body. The soul hath vast infinite desires; the creature is finite. The soul is eternal and immortal; the creature is but of yesterday, and perisheth tomorrow: and so there is no suitableness between the soul and the creature. It is only between God and the soul that there is a suitableness; and therefore the creature is empty and vain, and cannot satisfy the vast and immense desires of the immortal soul.
God alone being the centre of the soul, the creature can never give rest to the soul; the soul is still in disquiet till it come to a God in Christ, which is the true rest. “Return to thy rest, O my soul,” Ps. 116:7. The covetous man, if he has riches, will say, “Return to thy rest, O my soul: Soul, thou hast goods laid up for many years.” But he was mistaken of his centre, for he had no rest at all: he was disinherited that night and sent out of the world. No quarters for the soul in the creature; there is no suitableness to the soul in the creature. Why? The soul is a spirit; the creature is a body. The soul hath vast infinite desires; the creature is finite. The soul is eternal and immortal; the creature is but of yesterday, and perisheth tomorrow: and so there is no suitableness between the soul and the creature. It is only between God and the soul that there is a suitableness; and therefore the creature is empty and vain, and cannot satisfy the vast and immense desires of the immortal soul.