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SemperReformanda said:
Robert Shaw writes in his commentary on the WCF's section on perseverance:

God, as still his father, "chastened him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;" but never suffered a his mercy to depart away from him."—2 Sam. vii. 14, 15.

*chuckle This must be the part where he got 800 wives.

I think a better question is How could anyone be saved before the atonement?

Josh
"...the word of God is not bound."--2 Timothy 2:9