Therefore they cannot be ordained. The argument is simply ridiculous. Middleton does not prove that Christ has imposed this restriction. He simply assumes it. What is asserted without reason, may be denied without reason.
Priests have to teach.
Ordination requires eminence of nature which women lack. This kind of prejudice underlies all medieval thinking and makes it impossible to imagine that women too could be priests. They are the real reason why women were banned from ordination. Other theological reasons given are rationalizations to justify the prejudices. 1 Timothy 2,11-15 is understood out of context.