Chapter 6 — Part I — Article IV (Of the Crucifixion, Death and Burial)
Section 205. Q. How could Jesus Christ suffer and die when he was God? A. He suffered and died, not in his Godhead, but in his manhood; and this not because he could not avoid it, but because it pleased him to suffer. He himself had said: I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. John x. 17,18.